> Smart developers write complex code, just because they can (and often it does make it shorter), but then mid- and junior-level developer struggle with it. Yo

> Smart developers write complex code, just because they can (and often it does make it shorter), but then mid- and junior-level developer struggle with it. You know, I can't help but be reminded of Harrison Bergeron when I read this. I'm waiting for the day when someone comes up with a handicap for programmers so that we can all write code with the same ability as the least intelligent and least experienced members of our teams. Did it ever occur to you that there might be a method to smarter developers' madness? I mean, maybe they write code the way they do because, you know, they're smart and know something you don't?