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I remember the old times where every class in my codebase extended
Databaseand I thought how clever that was and how cool inheritance is.It's still cool. Ain't nothing wrong with what ain't broke. Imagine programming without inheritance in many languages. Inheritance is another tool, to perform another task. Don't be afraid to learn any tool in your toolbox. And don't sweat about problems you may never have either. And have some things inherit, you're in good company still
I've been senior for quite some time now, I know when to use what (most of the time) and yeah, inheritance has its place, though I don't use it often because most of the time it simply isn't the right thing to do.
In my experience, inheritance is really handy in the right situation. But far more often, inheritance is just a quick way to code yourself into a corner or just a waste of mental energy in the wrong place.