I think I care less about whether the programmer is clueless, and more about the immediate effects of that cluelessness. If their clueless implementation is mee

I think I care less about whether the programmer is clueless, and more about the immediate effects of that cluelessness. If their clueless implementation is meeting the minimum requirements and goals that it was intended for, then it doesn't matter if it's terrible or not, it's good enough. If it's not meeting the minimum requirements, then I want them to do it in a way that does. Another thing I think about more often is when my code will die. Everybody's code gets replaced eventually. How difficult will it be for the next person to replace your code? What kind of impact are you having on future generations? If I write my code to be super efficient and "fancy", will it be that much more difficult to replace in the future? Could I have written it in a different way that made it easier to deal with? I hope I make the right decisions. I don't want somebody to be cursing me when I'm long gone.