I call it "read-optimized code". Inheritance is biased toward conservative writing. Once your mind becomes so enmeshed with the code base that you can no longer

I call it "read-optimized code". Inheritance is biased toward conservative writing. Once your mind becomes so enmeshed with the code base that you can no longer fathom a future where you might fall out of sync with it, inheritance becomes extremely appealing. It's all in your head! You pull the Razzle parent, sprinkle a bit of Dazzle mixin, everything is alchemized into a Fizzle class and abracadabra. Meanwhile newbies in the team have their eyes welling up from having to deal with your declarative mess.