Code Sfumato

sfumato, (from Italian sfumare, “to tone down” or “to evaporate like smoke”), in painting or drawing, the fine shading that produces soft, imperceptible transitions between colours and tones. It is used most often in connection with the work of Leonardo da Vinci and his followers, who made subtle gradations, without lines or borders, from light to dark areas; the technique was used for a highly illusionistic rendering of facial features and for atmospheric effects - Britannica Importantly for our purposes this technique was executed by the application of many, thin, translucent layers. Leonardo used paint but I believe the technique applies equally well to the art of software. This might also be thought of as, 'The power of leaving things out', 'Applied ignorance', 'No code is the best code' or just another positive form of laziness. In software development laziness has long been known to be a good thing. So long it has it's rules. Don't put off till tomorr