This goes to show that a good designer or engineer is not just someone who "solves the problem", but someone who considers alternate solutions and solves the pr

This goes to show that a good designer or engineer is not just someone who "solves the problem", but someone who considers alternate solutions and solves the problem in the most efficient way that is practically feasible. Unfortunately, it's often the case that no one thinks about it until the "default" way of solving the problem becomes pretty much impossible to use.