When a developer overcomplicates a piece of software as a mental exercise, or just because it's more fun. Sometimes it is intentional, but oftentimes results from a well-intentioned change done in the name of 'reusability', 'better abstraction' or something similar. - SeanKleinjung

Contrast with the idea that one should only DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork.

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See GoldPlating ''Heh...I knew that the concept had to already exist, just didn't have any other name for it...''
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See also AvoidComplexity

CategoryComplexity