[brunoc]

Usually, it's a phase. Right after one acquires what could be called "mastery" of a language there's a period where even the most complex (or obtuse) ways to use the language seem simple.

After a while that high subsides and one starts seeing the elegance of simple solutions for most things and complex ones where it's warranted.

[methodin]

I've seen this before on the other end. Someone learns a mostly useless design pattern then begins to architect every solution using it.