I'm not against reducing complexity, I don't think that's necessarily going too far. I'm speaking more about what happens when you go too far and someone else

I'm not against reducing complexity, I don't think that's necessarily going too far. I'm speaking more about what happens when you go too far and someone else has to deal with it. Let's say the simplest, and still descriptive, directions are: go down Main Street turn left at Oak Street turn right at Acorn Lane fifth house on the left versus: go that way, left at Smith's, right at Taylor's, brick house The second is an example of refactoring to reduce line count but actually increases complexity to someone not familiar with the area.