But the "simple" system will be full of repetition and boilerplate, meaning the same bugs are scattered around the code base, and obscured by masses of boilerpl

But the "simple" system will be full of repetition and boilerplate, meaning the same bugs are scattered around the code base, and obscured by masses of boilerplate. Isn't a GC also a Magic? Or anything above assembly? While I also understand the reluctance to use too much magic, in my experience, it's not the magic, it's how well the magic is tested and developed. I used to work with Play framework, a web framework built around Akka, an async bundle of libraries. Because it wasn't too popular, only the most common issues were well documented. I thought I hated magic. Then, I started using Spring Boot, and I loved magic. Spring has so much documentation that you can also become the magician, if you need to.