Essential complexity needs context to determine

Essential complexity only exists in the context of needs.

Building a large automated process for baking bread at home would be overengineering, but for a large modern bakery it is likely essential.

For baking bread, the interaction of yeast and sugars is vital. Not for biscuits.

I don't know why my examples are bread-based.

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• Complexity isn't atomic
  • Thing's aren't usually both atomic and complex. Complex systems are built from simple pieces. This is why essential complexity needs context to determine. It's always possible to break the complex entities into simple pieces to understand them. Whether literally or metaphorically.