English is simply too flexible to be used well.
I think the problem comes up when typing such a phrase because English freely allows two different, yet equal, arrangements:
"stick as much logic [as possible] into the objects themselves"
and
"stick as much logic into the objects themselves [as possible]"
While typing, it's easy to *intend* to place the "as possible" at the end of the sentence, and then forget to do so, because your brain tricks you into thinking you already inserted "as possible" into the first slot.
Not that English is the only such language, but I think that's why I elided the words.
