re- reading Good Bye Clean Code. Abstraction comes at a cost.

My code traded the ability to change requirements for reduced duplication, and it was not a good trade

the article also touches upon apathy for your fellow developers whom you work with. how would you like it if someone smashed down your lego empire to rebuild it their way

I didn’t talk to the person who wrote it. I rewrote the code and checked it in without their input. Even if it was an improvement (which I don’t believe anymore), this is a terrible way to go about it. A healthy engineering team is constantly building trust. Rewriting your teammate’s code without a discussion is a huge blow to your ability to effectively collaborate on a codebase together.