Very well said.
Somehow the incentives seem backwards. You will be paid more if you find more work for yourself. If you coordinate with others well and you avoid duplicate work and you build tools and processes that are a part of a common community-wide development, ultimately everyone will have less work, meaning less funds from the DHF. Does this seem to be the case?
Absolutely is the case. It has been happening for years now, and will likely continue to happen into the future unless it gets stopped. A notable example is proposal #361 which is asking for Hive funds to redo already developed work.