There is a difference between over-engineered and unfamiliar

Developers often mistake unfamiliar code patterns for over-engineered code, creating friction during code reviews and pull requests. The argument is that modern patterns like CSS logical properties or clever use of min() for overflow prevention get rejected not because they're bad, but because they're unfamiliar. Normalization through education and repeated exposure is the solution — the more developers see and use these patterns, the less resistance they'll face.