"Simple beats complex." In the very first lecture of the Computer Science degree I did in the 1980s the lecturer emphasised KISS, and said that while we almost

"Simple beats complex." In the very first lecture of the Computer Science degree I did in the 1980s the lecturer emphasised KISS, and said that while we almost certainly wouldn't believe it at first eventually we'd realise that this is the most important design principle of all. Probably took me ~15 years... ;-)