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Looks like the point about correctness is misunderstood. The post argues that 1) perfect simplicity, correctness or speed is unachievable in most software of any complexity and 2) given that there is necessarily going to be a trade-off, focusing on simplicity makes the other two easier to solve. There is nothing in there about simply writing `return 1` and considering that the perfect solution.


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