You bring up a very interesting thought experiment. We may very soon see a software developer expounding on all of these "clean code" principles before congres

You bring up a very interesting thought experiment. We may very soon see a software developer expounding on all of these "clean code" principles before congress as their defense. How conventional wisdom, and industry wide best practices recommend that software be built in a manner that lends itself to all of these positive effects that allow large software projects and companies to proliferate in the first place. Separation of concerns being the main concept that comes to mind. Is this the 21st century's "just following orders"?