A lot of principles like DRY (as described out of correct context in this article) have cult like followings people follow mindlessly leading to unnecessary int

A lot of principles like DRY (as described out of correct context in this article) have cult like followings people follow mindlessly leading to unnecessary introduced complexity. I'm always amazed at how eager people are to over-engineer a solution that makes it a mess to deal with moving forward. Developers at large like to appear clever, tend to have (fragile) large egos, and don't seem to want to veer from established dogma--much of which based on little evidence or evidence that doesnt apply to a case they're dealing with.