Why do some Devs feel the need to over complicate code to make themselves seem smarter?

No, we don't need a wrapper for a <p> tag that builds a normal <p> tag with a message your provide.

Use a normal tag! /facepalm

Attempts at job security, maybe?

@SnafuAI normally I could partially agree, but in this case I think it would work against you, especially when your work is peer reviewed during code review

I can relate to this. Dealt with a teammate who did exactly this, which made reviewing and fixing his code a nightmare. I ended up rewriting every class he was working on, from scratch. His response, "Haha, yeah, people have told me I'm difficult to work with."...

Me: 😒🖕

@Smudge
Mostly joking. As long as you have a decent process implemented, that kind of code should not get anywhere near the production code.