I’ve seen some of that as well. After a very large refactoring is done it is initially claimed a success by the lead but to only slowly dawn on the rest of the

I’ve seen some of that as well. After a very large refactoring is done it is initially claimed a success by the lead but to only slowly dawn on the rest of the team that the codebase is not better, just more complicated without any significant gains. Mess is still there, it’s just a unfamiliar one. Questions to the lead of the refactoring project cannot be answered as they are long gone some other place.