I've gone through the same learning process, and I've seen it happen with numerous devs - they go through a cargo-culting stage, where they see abstractions and

I've gone through the same learning process, and I've seen it happen with numerous devs - they go through a cargo-culting stage, where they see abstractions and patterns espoused by people they respect, only to later come to the conclusion that it makes for code that is anything but clear. Abstractions are not evil, but it takes experience to use just enough abstraction.