Simple Is Complex

Engineers tend to get excited for complex ideas and bored with simple ones. However, there's more to the technical realm than simply "complex" and "simple". This lesson teaches you:

  • How simplicity and complexity aren't a binary spectrum
  • How complexity can actually be created from simplicity if you come in with the right mentality
  • Why striving for a certain level of quality always brings a meaningful degree of complexity, explained with how Alex made 60,000+ lines of code changes to grow Random Name Picker to a 1 million+ user app
  • Why the "simple is complex" mentality is critical towards becoming a truly strong engineer