Smart programmers understand that accidental complexity in software can lead to project failure. They tend to value complexity over simplicity due to various reasons. Fred Brooks’ book “The Mythical Man-Month” highlights the two types of complexities: essential difficulties (inherent nature of software) and accidental difficulties (we create unnecessary complexity). Humans are emotional, lazy, and unpredictable, which contributes to writing complex code. However, smart people use their imagination more than their intelligence to solve problems efficiently. The author proposes writing STUPID code, which stands for Simple, Testable, Ubiquitous, Proper, Incremental, and Decoupled. This approach promotes agility and clean code.
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