> Good programmers write good code. Great programmers write no code. Zen programmers delete code. Good luck to the great and zen programmers in creating anythi

> Good programmers write good code. Great programmers write no code. Zen programmers delete code. Good luck to the great and zen programmers in creating anything or finding a job. It might make more sense to say we have good moments where we write good code, great moments where we unlock key insights without writing code, and zen moments where we make things better by just deleting code. Hopefully as we practice over the years, the great and zen moments happen more often. But most of the time we have to be content with merely the good.