[Travis Covington]

The specific details of the interactions were not posted here, nor do they need to be.

I do not disagree with the spirit or intent of the post, and have a long history with Dave personally and did not intend to discredit his teaching or work. I said what I needed to say, and it seems that we are in agreement over a good majority of everything else. However, as far as simplicity and logic are concerned; the simplest solutions are sometimes the ones requiring the most iteration, refinement, and time. The designs that make you say "Why didn't I think of that?" are usually from the people who thought of everything else, designed it, built it, had it fail, and then iterated until they were successful. Logic and reasoning don't always translate into simplicity, even when keeping minimalism in mind.