I find myself nodding along. But it also occurs to me that sometimes the maligned seasoned developers in the post have just seen the same pattern a dozen times

I find myself nodding along. But it also occurs to me that sometimes the maligned seasoned developers in the post have just seen the same pattern a dozen times in the past and know exactly where this is headed. Both of the examples are so typical you can just take an off the shelf library and do it future proofed from the very start with no extra original code.