The idea of simplicity versus easiness came more into clarity when I was considering different solutions for third party library integrations on iOS and stumbled on this post about Carthage and Cocoapods by Bartek Witczak (sometime in 2017, I believe).

I would say it’s easy, rather than a simple tool. The difference is subtle, but you should see the presentation by Rich Hickey Simple Made Easy. CocoaPods is creating own workspace file and that is the place, where the magic happens. This tool is a bit like black box with monsters inside, you don’t want to dive in. This is the biggest issue.