The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task in full humility and avoids clever tricks like th

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task in full humility and avoids clever tricks like the plague. I think people vary in how much they can model in their head - but everyone has a limit. For me, the interesting question is how to work around that limitation.