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Your appetizer struck a cord with me, but then I'm quite partial to having less, yet better code.

I was thinking, what happens when a developer fluctuates between 101% and 99%.

To keep on par with a steady 100% one needs to have 184 days of 101% and thus 181 days of 99%.(blue lines)

The fabled 10x developer would then need to keep a 101% for 299 days (green lines). That is 82 % of the year.

"days of the year" with 101% would probably be a better label,

We can measure at least one form/aspect/marker of complexity, which is just the inverse of complexity (isn't it?):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclomatic_complexity

The biggest problem I see in achieving simplicity is the complexity fetish that many developers have. This seems to come from some sort of masochism, machoism, ego or maybe just an enjoyment of complex things and puzzles.

Do you accept translations of your presentations into other languages? I am particularly interested in translating your optimism.md into Russian/Ukrainian to share with my friends and close relatives who are not fluent in English. If yes, I could prepare MR in the agreed folder/files structure.