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> This is a gem observation from this thread. In my own tech sphere the first thing developers are talking about with each other is the new x,y,z lib or framework they're using to accomplish something relatively banal.

The thing is, there is so much other stuff to learn/fix. Where I'm working now most of my day is trying to understand the layers and layers of code they built. If they'd stuck to simpler code I could be learning more about the business and the users workflows. I could be improving the UI with that knowledge, I could be optimizing the business. Instead all my efforts go into understanding the code base.