I'd attribute it to developers that have a complete lack of empathy and professionalism towards both their future selves and their colleagues. Once one has got

I'd attribute it to developers that have a complete lack of empathy and professionalism towards both their future selves and their colleagues. Once one has gotten burned sufficiently by undocumented convoluted code I think there's an understanding that starts forming on how to make choices in libraries and structuring code. The problem is devs that jump around from greenfield to greenfield project and never get to experience that pain.