Exactly. It's almost like recreating the pseudo-efficiency that newer developers seem to possess (I only know one way to solve this, so I'm going to do it that

Exactly. It's almost like recreating the pseudo-efficiency that newer developers seem to possess (I only know one way to solve this, so I'm going to do it that way, and do it fast). In your case, the loss of choice is artificial, but it reaches the same result (getting it done).