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To identify over-engineering in your codebase, analyze code implementations against project-specific stack conventions and universal simplicity principles to detect premature abstractions and single-use abstractions.

Common signals of premature abstractions in software architecture include single-use abstractions, redundant custom utilities, and premature generalizations that deviate from framework-native alternatives and standard library capabilities.

Review code for unnecessary complexity during peer reviews by evaluating the provided code snippet against the project contract to ensure the implementation remains maintainable, lean, and appropriately simple.

Yes, you need a project contract and the code snippet to evaluate code simplicity and maintainability, as the assessment requires comparing implementations against project-specific stack conventions and framework-native alternatives.

You should avoid custom utilities for software architecture when they act as redundant single-use abstractions, and instead use framework-native alternatives or standard library capabilities to keep solutions maintainable and efficient.

The best way to eliminate over-engineering in a custom service layer is to critique it against project conventions to receive a recommendation for a simpler, more direct implementation using standard library capabilities.