Minimize what you don't understand, maximize what you do? The code-centric solution, which I mentioned we are afraid to touch, is full of conditionals and bran

Minimize what you don't understand, maximize what you do? The code-centric solution, which I mentioned we are afraid to touch, is full of conditionals and branches that make it dangerous to mess with for fear of causing unintended side-effects. Just a case of programming by coincidence.