[CaptArmchair]

I think the point of the author was that as a young - implied: inexperienced - developer he was blinded by the power of being able to describe the world in code; and inadvertently got stuck in the rabbit hole.

Learning to take a step back and discern the best fitting abstractions that allow modeling the business domain is a learned skill. There's a difference between learning about object inheritance in school, and actually applying it in big projects where the effects only become apparent over the course of months.

[xwowsersx]

For sure. I meant to say that was _one_ of the points the author was making. You're absolutely right about what the core sentiment/point of the post was.