Don’t take on straightforward tasks in the name of expediency. That’s the hole you’re already in and you have to stop digging.

A little pair programming or watching someone use the new thing you wrote can go a long way toward informing you on how to close the gap. The tricky bits may not be that tricky for others, and the obvious bits often aren’t.

It’s not all roses, of course. The person who doesn’t understand that you built a ladder for them to climb may complain loudly about how long it took you to get to the top of it. It takes a somewhat special team to be able to do the right thing and not get punished for doing so.

Somewhere in between that and Lord of the Flies is most teams.