I don't even code professionally any more, but when I gin up some code to solve a problem for myself in 20 minutes, I'll definitely try to clean it up before I

I don't even code professionally any more, but when I gin up some code to solve a problem for myself in 20 minutes, I'll definitely try to clean it up before I throw it up on GitHub. I don't get any competitive advantage or economic benefit from my code, so maybe it's different for me, but if somebody finds my stuff and wants to use it, I feel like it's basic courtesy to not hand them something I vomited onto the internet. If you just want an offsite backup for your noodling around, make it a private repo; the contributor limit won't be a problem. If you're putting it out for the world to see, take the time to comment it, put a little polish on it, a decent README, and a license. If nothing else you'll be starting from a place of sanity if you ever have to revisit the code.