Writing as little code as possible to fully accomplish a goal has recently become a fundamental principle that I live by.

If I can write a piece of code in fewer lines, I'll do it. That pretty obvious, we all would. But I try to take it a step further and consciously seek solutions that lead to fewer lines of code. Chopping down a large block of code is an incredibly gratifying feeling for me.

I find that writing less code while maintaining expressiveness usually leads to simpler solutions and, IMO, it is simplicity that reduces the bug count.