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I think people use different terms imbued by their own value system to describe the same thing. Sometimes people talk about code being “beautiful”. I’ve never

• c0mptonFP 4y ago
  That's because these things elicit an emotional response, and people all react differently. Also, describing emotions is difficult. When I see an instance of good problem solving, I feel a rush of happiness. It sometimes makes me want to physically get up from my desk and cheer as if I was watching a sports event. All I can think of is "this code/solution is fucking awesome".
• vsareto 4y ago
  You're going to struggle to find beauty in some areas (like business software and a lot of other tooling). The subject matters as much as its expression. The same is true with art - you're not likely to find paintings of burning tire mountains in the Louvre. But software has another kicker like math in that you'd likely need to be familiar with the subject to know the hard problems, present or previous, and why a solution is elegant or beautiful.