Clean code is specifically a book about how to write code well. This isn't criticizing writing clean code, but specifically what that book recommends programme

Clean code is specifically a book about how to write code well. This isn't criticizing writing clean code, but specifically what that book recommends programmers do. I wouldn't say the mission of trying to create "clean" code is a bad one. Certainly there is terrible code to read and maintain, which implies there are good ways to write code.