How to Get to The Best Readability Without More Abstraction

I’ve refactored a single complex “if” statement in various ways. I’ve discovered an interesting tendency. Using simple refactoring steps, when pursuing higher readability of the code, you can often go in different directions. Every small refactoring is an increment in readability, and sometimes a decrease, or increase, or neutral in complexity or abstraction.

And you don’t want your code to look like that:

Abstraction going wild! 🦌