This is the classic, very domain specific wisdom that does not extrapolate to all software. Some codebases are narrow in focus and rely on solving a problem in

This is the classic, very domain specific wisdom that does not extrapolate to all software. Some codebases are narrow in focus and rely on solving a problem in a smart way. Other applications just need to hold thousands of data points that come from variety of sources. Here the code holds tens of thousands of priceless details that you will inevitably forget like "this integration sends local time but doesn't adjust for daylight savings", and the value of holding these details will persist especially after all the tribal knowledge dissipates.