Yes, but the choice of approach isn't outcome-neutral. There is also the question of whether going-vanilla more often results in good apps. I'd go so far as t

Yes, but the choice of approach isn't outcome-neutral. There is also the question of whether going-vanilla more often results in good apps. I'd go so far as to say the "naive approach" for most things, whenever it delivers on all the requirements, is always the best approach. Be it relational (vs., nosql); grep vs elasticsearch; etc.