It's a 'frggin stats page where a developer forgot to remove a call. And a call that any decent set of tools would surely have highlighted as redundant at that

It's a 'frggin stats page where a developer forgot to remove a call. And a call that any decent set of tools would surely have highlighted as redundant at that. I'm all for being clear about the design of a program, but I don't think the example here is convincing, and I agree with the parent that over-engineering can itself damaging.