For me, readable code is smart code wrote in a way that makes it readable by dummies. I've seen both 1000locXfile imperative spaghetti messes and super modular

For me, readable code is smart code wrote in a way that makes it readable by dummies. I've seen both 1000locXfile imperative spaghetti messes and super modular dogmatic Clean Code/Hexagonal Architecture/DDD stuff, and I can tell you that both can be nightmare inducing. I'm no big brainer, but I've always been praised for being the guy who produces legible code which other devs, even juniors, don't fear messing with. How? I simply don't push my code to extremes like it's gonna prove I'm smarter than I need to be for my job. And I model pretty damn intricated logic for a job.