I think a lot of technology professionals make things look waaaay more complicated than they actually are.

However, the things that look simple are almost always ridiculously complicated, while the things that you think look complicated are usually ridiculously simple.

For example, suppose you have an Android app. Then you need to port it over to an iOS app. Ridiculously hard correct? Not necessarily... There is a good chance that it might just take a couple extra button clicks.

Yet, another example might be that you would like to hide something on a website based on permission levels.

Well...... let us say these permissions needed to be based on what data was in the record. That means for every piece of information, you will now need to store another piece of information or multiple pieces of information indicating which permission level is necessary to view the data. Suddenly, that simple looking request has caused the size of your data to double or triple in size. If you are working on a large scale, this might end up costing 10's if not 100's of thousands of dollars if not done very wisely in a highly complex setup.