> Consider the possibility you're not the only one in the codebase and that the git history might provide the why to the code's what.
I can't win with HN critics. If I talk about someone else looking, then I'm assuming. If I talk about myself, then I'm being too self-centered (in the oblique sense you reference). I am very aware of how this works across teams of people, not just myself, since I'm in industry.