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“Keep the design as simple and small as possible” — Ensure that contracts and functions are not overly complex or large so as to reduce readability or maintainability.

Complexity typically leads to insecurity. (See Saltzer and Schroeder's Secure Design Principles)


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  • Economy of Mechanism
  • Saltzer & Schroeder 1975
  • Design/Code: Simple/Small
  • Readability/Security
  • KISS Principle
  • More Complex -> Less Secure

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