Most new software devs go through that phase. A few decades ago, it was about the Gang of 4 design patterns. We were all reading that book and then looking for

Most new software devs go through that phase. A few decades ago, it was about the Gang of 4 design patterns. We were all reading that book and then looking for every possible place we could implement those patterns, even when they made absolutely no sense. I'm so sorry for the teams I worked with in those days. The worse is I felt the folks around me were worse devs for not doing the same. It's so embarassing in hindsight.