Fancy tools have fancy problems
and simple tools have simple problems.
In one of the early scenes in “The Patriot”, Mel Gibson’s character gives his young 11 and 12 year old sons some last minute instruction before ambushing a British patrol to rescue the older son. He says, “Remember, aim small, miss small.” The meaning behind this is simple. If you are aiming small, say, at the button on your target’s shirt, and then you miss, you still actually hit the target. This is “missing small”.
But if you aim big, say, at a whole person, or bear, and then you miss, you don’t hit your target, you may even hit something else that you didn’t intend. This is “missing big”.
Selecting a tool to solve an integration problem is like aiming at a target. Aiming small, is selecting a simple tool. Aiming big is selecting a fancy tool. Simple tools have simple problems, while fancy tools have fancy problems.
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