There are many sources of complexity, and avoiding it is the hardest problem in software engineering. I recommend the first half of the Out Of The Tarpit paper

There are many sources of complexity, and avoiding it is the hardest problem in software engineering. I recommend the first half of the Out Of The Tarpit paper. https://curtclifton.net/papers/MoseleyMarks06a.pdf https://curtclifton.net/papers/MoseleyMarks06a.pdf