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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.




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




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