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		bct on Nov 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CMS Trap Back in the old days (2005) we used to call this Do the Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work.

jsdalton on Nov 27, 2013 | [–]

Or another way of looking at it: "You Ain't Gonna Need It" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren%27t_gonna_need_it)

gizzlon on Nov 28, 2013 | [–]

Or KISS: Keep it simple, stupid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle

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