Except it isn't. Simplicity is just a proxy we assume optimizes for time and speed. But it gets in the way when it leads us to hand write things in vanilla JS,

Except it isn't. Simplicity is just a proxy we assume optimizes for time and speed. But it gets in the way when it leads us to hand write things in vanilla JS, not bother with a proper plugin system when one is needed, use text files instead of sqlite, use a raw UDP packet instead of MQTT, etc.