Keep it simple, stupid
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Hurts me everytime
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.
I say it as make it as simple as possible and only add complexity if needed.
If you can kiss it, do it.
If you can kiss em, don't grab em...
With or without tounge?
Depends. Are you also following the tongue doctrine?
Keep It Stupid, Simple
Brian Kernighan said: "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
I let the AI code and then I do the debugging
Don’t add any unnecessary complications. But KISS sounds better than DAAUC.
To confuse the enemy kiss them