Maybe I misread him, but I read it as "it is better to have just the right, critical set of features", instead of "adding more bells and whistles will always ma

Maybe I misread him, but I read it as "it is better to have just the right, critical set of features", instead of "adding more bells and whistles will always makes it better!" I know from my own code, that whenever I introduce too much flexibility, I invariably end up with fragile complexity, and using it to shoot my feet from various angles. And I have also met a colleague or two who so far haven't reached the same conclusion, only the fragile complexity part (i.e. they still see it as a positive thing.)