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# The simplest notation in a system is usually the...
> The simplest notation in a system is usually the part that had to absorb the most engineering, because simplicity at the point of use is purchased with complexity everywhere else.
**Source:** [[projects/Dual-Render Authorship and the Atomic Markdown Double-Brace Grammar|Dual-Render Authorship: The Atomic Markdown Double-Brace Grammar]], [[working/control/pre-dual-render-integration-2026-08-31/projects/Dual-Render Authorship and the Atomic Markdown Double-Brace Grammar|Dual-Render Authorship: The Atomic Markdown Double-Brace Grammar]]
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“The simplest notation in a system is usually the part that had to absorb the most engineering, because simplicity at the point of use is purchased with complexity everywhere else.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-simplest-notation-system-complexity-everywhere-else
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