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by n0w 1777 days ago
Personally, I don't think it has anything to do with being embarrassed about dense logic. I think it's about a love of abstractions.

Many developers get trapped trying to recognize patterns and come up with perfect mental models for whatever problem they're trying to solve when the straight forward dense function is probably the simpler and more maintainable solution. I often fall for this trap myself and am constantly trying to be wary of it.