This has been going on for over a thousand years. Read Ptolemy's book from the 2nd century to describe the solar system. It used hundreds of "epicycles" to make

This has been going on for over a thousand years. Read Ptolemy's book from the 2nd century to describe the solar system. It used hundreds of "epicycles" to make everything line up. Then Newton comes up with three tiny equations that describe the solar system's motion even better in the 18th century. As they say, "anyone can design a complicated system", but if you're really smart, you can make a simple system. It's no different in programming.