One trivial thing that bugs me when people bring up the “KISS principle” is that they invariably say it like: “So just apply the KISS principle… you know… Keep It Simple, Stupid.” Seriously, who hasn’t heard of that by now?
I rolled my eyes a bit when you posted a link with it, but have to take it back now—I didn’t know the original phrase was “keep it simple and stupid.” So, in this case, explaining the acronym was actually useful!
One trivial thing that bugs me when people bring up the “KISS principle” is that they invariably say it like: “So just apply the KISS principle… you know… Keep It Simple, Stupid.” Seriously, who hasn’t heard of that by now?
I rolled my eyes a bit when you posted a link with it, but have to take it back now—I didn’t know the original phrase was “keep it simple and stupid.” So, in this case, explaining the acronym was actually useful!
“Keep it short and simple” is a pretty common reading.