This logic is a great justification to commit many unnecessary tragedies, because it gives you an escape valve to not put effort into anything you don't want to

This logic is a great justification to commit many unnecessary tragedies, because it gives you an escape valve to not put effort into anything you don't want to do. "It's more complex to write unit tests/write this so it's easy to unit test, so I won't bother". "It's more complex to spend a few days thinking through the design of this system, so I won't bother." "It's more complex to write this in a way that can be subclassed later, so I won't bother." Perfect may be the enemy of good, but "easy" can also be a foe.