[wizofaus]

> The more code that gets written, the more things there are to break, and more of those precious hours will be taken up by maintenance

Can definitely relate - PRs with lots of new code immediately trigger alarm bells for me, and while reading through all that new code ain't necessarily fun, coming up with ways to reduce it is a worthwhile and rewarding challenge - unfortunately you're then stuck with the thankless task of convincing the author why they should throw away all their hard work.

[lolc]

It's a good idea to pull in reviewers early while mapping out a solution. Not easy though.