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# Overly Clever Code
- URL: https://nolongerset.com/overly-clever-code/
- Published: 2021-01-23T01:35:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-08T13:06:46.000Z
- Description: Keep It Simple, Stupid
- Author: Mike Wolfe
- Tags: Technical Debt, #Import 2026-05-20 02:59

*This is one in a series of articles on [technical debt](https://nolongerset.com/sources-of-technical-debt/).*

> *Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?*  
> \-Brian Kernighan, "The Elements of Programming Style, Second Edition"

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