This! So much this! (Unfortunately my single up-vote is not enough to help you sir.)
Unnecessary complexity is god-mother of all evil (premature optimization included). The goal is to use as simple (to understand and to maintain) means, code, idioms etc. as the problem you are solving allows. I know fancy stuff and I know when not to use it (i. e. almost always) and value simple robust code much more than fancy fragile crap.
Seems like more people are trying to solve easy problems by complex means than people trying to solve difficult problems by any means. Sad thing is by using unnecessary complex means even the simplest problem can be obscured beyond mental capacity of anyone. Welcome legacy spaghetti mess.
Unnecessary complexity is god-mother of all evil (premature optimization included). The goal is to use as simple (to understand and to maintain) means, code, idioms etc. as the problem you are solving allows. I know fancy stuff and I know when not to use it (i. e. almost always) and value simple robust code much more than fancy fragile crap.
Seems like more people are trying to solve easy problems by complex means than people trying to solve difficult problems by any means. Sad thing is by using unnecessary complex means even the simplest problem can be obscured beyond mental capacity of anyone. Welcome legacy spaghetti mess.