As someone maintaining an 18 year old code base, I&#x27;ve long held the same opinions as Rob.  I often describe myself as the dumbest person on my team and then go on to say how fortunate it was that I was here first.  All my smart people need to dumb stuff down enough that I can understand it.  Which means we have a prayer of supporting it.<p>Obviously I can&#x27;t force everything through that filter, some problems require complex solutions.<p>Hacker News is full of really bright people who like the expressiveness of Haskell et al.  So it&#x27;s not surprising that Rob&#x27;s not going over well here.  Just saying that us dumb people really appreciate his efforts.