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Why add the complexity of a car when you can simply walk?! The car will break down, you will have to waste days taking it to the service station, you will have to get a driver's license, you will get tickets, you may kill someone and get in trouble, you can't drink if you will be driving. Why add so much complexity to your life?

The idea that complexity in itself is bad is flawed. Sometimes innovation does require complexity. Complexity for the sake of complexity is bad.

>"But [some new unproven system] is really cool! Even [some big company] uses it!"

A company I know uses a big/buggy oil pipeline leak detection software. It is very complex and very buggy. Tech support has to be called in every few months. But they still use it. Why? Because it will detect oil leaks much faster. Potentially saving them millions in case of something bad. Should we stop innovation because we are scared of 'complexity'? I wouldn't suggest using a system because it is 'really cool' and a 'big company uses it'. But why do they use it and why is it 'cool'? Can it make you more money? Those are the questions worth asking.

>"Innovate on your core product, not on your plumbing "

Every bit of complexity deployed to make more money is good. Can you tell and prove how it will make money?

Every bit of complexity added because it is 'cool' is flawed! If plumbing can make me more money, then hell yeh it requires some investment. Every situation is different.




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