Braces are such a stupid thing to be worried about (thank you, BDFL!), but things like variable naming are very valuable in helping people parse code quickly. I

Braces are such a stupid thing to be worried about (thank you, BDFL!), but things like variable naming are very valuable in helping people parse code quickly. If you look at my code, you know instantly which variables are global constants, which are class instance, which are method parameters, and which are locals. Those are the valuable additions; the rest is an expression of an anal, alpha engineer or a group that said "let's just start with this thing I found online".