Some elegant abstractions are created too. JS modules, for example. Or, in another field, the Language Server Protocol.
But yes, humans are humans and everything that is "simple" will get built upon and then become the backbone of something complex that will engulf and smother it as it evolves.
But yes, humans are humans and everything that is "simple" will get built upon and then become the backbone of something complex that will engulf and smother it as it evolves.