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If it’s not code someone else could write, it’s not code that anyone can maintain.

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  If it's not code someone else could write, you aren't a disposable cog whose replaceability the company can leverage against you when negotiating compensation. Conversely, well-written and document code that the maintainer wouldn't be able to make the leap to invent can still be maintained. Comprehension regularly exceeds ability to create.
• Ma8ee 7y ago
  I’m not sure I agree. I just rewrote code that another team member just wrote that was four layers of strategy patterns and factories into one single one page static class. Even they agreed that my code was easier to read and understand. I don’t think they could have written my version. Yet though. I’m trying to get them there. My point is that it is sometimes easier to write complicated and unmaintainable code than writing clean and clear code.