As a researcher, this is flattering, but probably wrong. Reading other people's code always sucks, but reading somebody's solo project hero code that doesn't fo

As a researcher, this is flattering, but probably wrong. Reading other people's code always sucks, but reading somebody's solo project hero code that doesn't follow any typical design patterns? That's nightmarish. I'd argue it's more about startup time, or whatever the technical term is for the time between when you first start reading code and when you've built enough of the model in your working memory to be able to touch it without breaking everything. That heroic developer doesn't need to concern themselves with other people's experiences, and they can just write whatever weird idioms suit their brain.