I think my favorite part of this discussion is that most developers give this sort of process/code a mystical vibe. Like it's some sacred code built by a priesthood of the world's greatest and smartest programmers. Not accessible to mere mortals.

I encourage developers that work for me to just read the code and documentation. My advice to them is usually something along the lines of...

Think of how you would have done it as a sophomore in college completing an overdue assignment... chances are it works just like that