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Do the simplest thing that could possibly work

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1070 points dondraper36 | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 19:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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Starlevel004 ◴[30 Aug 25 10:41 UTC] No.45073563[source]▶
The simplest option usually also comes with all the drawbacks of being the simplest option. "Keep it simple" is one of the more irritating thought-terminating cliches.
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1. janderson215 ◴[30 Aug 25 10:46 UTC] No.45073586[source]▶
Simple rarely means the first thing that comes to mind and is something you have to work towards, so I would think it’s more stimulating than terminating.

There is more than one way to skin a cat and using a weed whacker probably isn’t the best. It might even make sense to acquire a new tool.