> Hopefully I can convince you that you don’t really need clean code, you need _____ code. It’s up to you to fill in that blank with words that describe what yo

> Hopefully I can convince you that you don’t really need clean code, you need _____ code. It’s up to you to fill in that blank with words that describe what your project requires. The answer to this lies in quality of the final product, which is roughly determined by two opposing forces: 1. How simple is it for a team to make changes and continually meet the quality spec. 2. The velocity at which the team can make those changes to meet the product spec. Anything apart from these, is down to someone's personal preferences (usually in search of trying to invent a DSL mimicking their favourite language).