title: How complex should code be?
body: <p>I'm studying about algorithms which can help me write smaller but more complex code.  Instead of writing 150 lines of if-else statements, I can design an algorithm that does it in 20 lines.  The problem is a lot of these algorithms can be complex and require a lot of math to understand them.  I'm also the only one around here who understands them.  </p>
  
  <p>For maintainability of the code, would it be better to just write code like everyone else does, or is it better to use the algorithms?  </p>