I think the suggestion to keep the codebase as simple as possible for scientists applies as well to the software creators. Life is different when you might hav

I think the suggestion to keep the codebase as simple as possible for scientists applies as well to the software creators. Life is different when you might have the a relationship with a single code base for 2-5 years, or even more. Complexities will happen on their own, no need to add them in.