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My point is exactly that "the simplest thing can be very difficult to do". You need to be an experienced engineer to apply this advice.

But an experienced engineer already knows this!

I just think it's ironic that this advice is useless to junior engineers but unneeded by senior engineers.

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> I just think it's ironic that this advice is useless to junior engineers but unneeded by senior engineers.

That's a good way of putting it. The advice essentially boils down to "do the right thing, don't do the wrong thing". Which is good (if common sense) advice, but doesn't practically really help with making decisions.

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