---
title: "It's never just that simple"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/it-s-never-just-that-simple-axh1pjnqv
source_url: https://freek.dev/2856-its-never-just-that-simple
type: article
source: "FREEK.DEV"
published: 2025-05-21T12:30:31.436Z
updated: 2025-05-21T12:30:43.892Z
tags: ["webdev", "infrastructure", "php", "laravel"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 79
comments: 8
language: en
---

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# It's never just that simple

**[FREEK.DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/freek)** · 1 min read · 79 upvotes · 8 comments

## Summary

The post discusses the complexities often overlooked in programming and introduces Oh Dear, a comprehensive monitoring tool for websites that offers uptime tracking, SSL certificate verification, and more. The author shares PHP development insights, tips, and tutorials through newsletters, with a focus on Laravel.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://freek.dev/2856-its-never-just-that-simple>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@andersgravgaardjensen** · 1 upvotes

> We have banned certain words, and spent a ton of time disciplining other departments into considering how they approach development with suggestions.
>
> "Why can't we just do x, y and z, it seems like a simple thing".
>
> Yes, putting in another button is a simple thing. Making that button actually do something meaningful is a different story.
> It helped emphasizing that even though a feature is small and easy to make, it still goes through the same steps as everything else:
> Which in very broad terms is:
> Planning --> Coding --> Reviewing --> Testing
>
> Specifying the steps in each of these phases...

**@duckduckquaquack** · 0 upvotes

> This was a great read

**@zii4h** · 0 upvotes

> 💯💯

**@jodc** · 0 upvotes

> This hits home. People usually mean well with “why don’t you just…”, but it can come off like all the complexity—and effort—has been overlooked. Most problems aren’t simple, and if the quick fix worked, we’d have used it already. Thanks for the reminder to lead with curiosity, not assumptions. GREAT READ!👏

**@thugbunny** · 0 upvotes

> so let them be stuck on a issue for 7 days because they might cry like a baby when you give them a solution jesus

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