I especially like your point about planning for simplicity and making it an explicit design coal. Communicating this clearly to the team seems super important.
As for adding things out of intellectual gratification: This is so true. I've seen this all too often, myself included. Many good engineers are curious by nature, and it can be tough to restrict this curiosity. Maybe it's a question of having different outlets for that sort of creativity, either at work or in private.
If your list is available in some form, I'd be curious to have a look!
I especially like your point about planning for simplicity and making it an explicit design coal. Communicating this clearly to the team seems super important.
As for adding things out of intellectual gratification: This is so true. I've seen this all too often, myself included. Many good engineers are curious by nature, and it can be tough to restrict this curiosity. Maybe it's a question of having different outlets for that sort of creativity, either at work or in private.
If your list is available in some form, I'd be curious to have a look!