Heh, exactly. Succinctly put. Here's a longer-winded version: I'm an R&D Software Engineer. In a workplace setting years ago we had a Software Architect who would advise management and the implementation engineers. Me and my team were really struggling with a difficult implementation problem relating to some federated identity stuff. Management told us to go to the architect. We explained our problems and he waved them off as "that's implementation stuff, I don't do that, but the solution is very easy. Just get server X to communicate whatever token you need to server Y". It was off putting. He also told our management that our problem was an "easy one", without offering any helpful insight.

It's like saying "Traveling to The Moon is easy. You simply need enough thrust to overcome Earth's gravity well. Simple!"

Or perhaps more in-line with a favorite of mine:

The secret to mankind achieving unpowered flight is for someone to throw themselves at the ground and simply miss..

Whelp guess it’s time to bust out the guide

I always tell people that I could probably "architect" the infrastructure of my whole company (Fortune 500) in a few days if you ignored the little pesky implementation details.

Meh, the Archos Jukebox was doing that well before Steve Jobs. Steve's genius concept was "I want all my music to fit in the palm of my hand, but with a way better UI than Archos Jukebox"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archos_Jukebox_series

As an owner of an Archos Jukebox, the differences went way beyond the software interface.

The Archos was way larger and heavier than the iPod, and the build quality was abysmal. Mine essentially fell apart despite seeing only desktop use. Battery life was inferior as well. Headphone output was also much louder and cleaner on the iPod.

Literally everything about the iPod was better than literally everything about the Archos.

Yes, but the 1.8” drive in the iPod was a true differentiator. It was the difference between “in the palm of my hand” and “it is possible to hold it, but not easy.”

The iPod also fitted easier in the typical hand (and, probably more important, in the typical pocket). Dimensions of that Archos: 3.1 in x 4.4 in x 1.2 in = 16.4 in³

Dimensions of the first iPod: 4.02 in x 2.43 in x 0.78 in = 7.62 in³. That’s less than half the volume.

(Weight-wise, the difference is smaller (10.2 vs 6.5 oz)

I invite people to look at a photo of the thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archos_Jukebox_series#/media/F...

It looks so quintessentially late 90's, yet hideous at the same time.

Jesus wow. That is…yeah you nailed it.

I wonder how their ad spend compared to Apple's.

You jest, but the original iPod went from conceptualization to ship in an absurdly fast 10 months [0].

[0] https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/01/13/first-ipod-went-f...