Russia’s Soviet-era T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) has proven to be a key asset in the Ukraine War, outperforming even newer tank models like the Russian T-14 Armata and NATO-supplied systems like the U.S. Abrams and German Leopard-2.
People really tend to lack appreciation for the value of simplicity in design. I find a similar thing happens in software development as well. You see people build these incredibly complex systems chasing industry best practices. Meanwhile, the most robust projects tend to be the ones that are just focus on solving the actual problem and being as minimalist as possible. The most moving pieces you have a in system the harder it becomes to reason about, and the more things can go wrong as a result.
People really tend to lack appreciation for the value of simplicity in design. I find a similar thing happens in software development as well. You see people build these incredibly complex systems chasing industry best practices. Meanwhile, the most robust projects tend to be the ones that are just focus on solving the actual problem and being as minimalist as possible. The most moving pieces you have a in system the harder it becomes to reason about, and the more things can go wrong as a result.