> The average HN user has some idea of what is simple and intuitive.
"Simple" and "intuitive" are rather orthogonal concepts.
See eg Lisp: an objectively simple language which many find unintuitive. WordPress I guess might be considered intuitive, but is not simple in any way.
Something is intuitive if it jibes with your preconceived notions. When you experiment with it, you form certain hypotheses about how it will react or how by what means to get a certain behavior. If those hypotheses are usually true, then it's intuitive.
"Simple" and "intuitive" are rather orthogonal concepts.
See eg Lisp: an objectively simple language which many find unintuitive. WordPress I guess might be considered intuitive, but is not simple in any way.