> It is absurd that a smart hacker is 30x better than a mediocre hacker. How maintainable, readable, understandable, and extendable is their code? It's well w

> It is absurd that a smart hacker is 30x better than a mediocre hacker. How maintainable, readable, understandable, and extendable is their code? It's well within possibility that changes and enhancements could take 30x longer to develop and test and deploy for a mediocre hacker on a disorganized platform than for a smart hacker on a well-factored codebase. Architecture astronauting is a valid and legitimate criticism, but it's also quite possible to make an application extensible without going overboard.