I compliment you on your nickname! I'm not a professional programmer by any means. When I do write code, people have a devil of a time understanding it precisely because I tend to "rube-goldberg" it. I often come up with complicated solutions to problems (not just software ones), then someone comes along and cleans it up, makes it more "elegant." I get ribbed for my rube goldbergs, but my feeling is they would not know how to streamline it if they hadn't been shown the path in the first place. So keep on creatively solving problems! You're providing a (sometimes thankless) service. And to heck with its "elegance."

Cheers,
Bryan

You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.

Cheers,
Bryan

You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.