I think dumb, brute force, simple approaches like this are underrated. Writing elegant, pithy code that pleases you aesthetically is nice but writing code that'

I think dumb, brute force, simple approaches like this are underrated. Writing elegant, pithy code that pleases you aesthetically is nice but writing code that's explicit and obvious and can be maintained by the new kid is often more pragmatic. Save the clever stuff for where it's needed.