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> First of all, simplicity is the hardest thing there is. You have to first make something complex, and then strip away everything that isn't necessary.

I don't follow. I've made simple things many times without having to make a complex thing first.



That would make you a genius, so congrats :-) It's more likely that you thought it was simple, but it actually wasn't. Was it actually the least-complex thing that works? Or was it just a thing that worked, and it didn't seem complex? Because those are two different things.




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