>Poor programmers are optimistic completely agreed, just had a long conversation with a junior engineer about how adding a cache would not solve a complex arch

>Poor programmers are optimistic completely agreed, just had a long conversation with a junior engineer about how adding a cache would not solve a complex architectural problem and just add more complexity. > All those are indicators of coupling unrelated ideas together. once useful tool i have found is using automated tools to spot indicators like these. In java using checkstyles cyclomatic complexity checks and class fan out is a strong indicator (not proof though).