> I suspect a lot of accidental complexity also comes from those who don't really know what they're doing, so instead of focusing on the result, they take a ver

> I suspect a lot of accidental complexity also comes from those who don't really know what they're doing, so instead of focusing on the result, they take a very roundabout path until they stumble upon a solution. I suspect that you are right on this; it often appears as a lack of depth of understanding of the problem being solved for and whether the proposed solution actually solves that problem and solves it in the simplest way possible.