I want code that is easy to read, write, update, and debug. It isn’t obvious that this means it should be ‘clean’, or indeed, what ‘clean’ is. Some other things

I want code that is easy to read, write, update, and debug. It isn’t obvious that this means it should be ‘clean’, or indeed, what ‘clean’ is. Some other things described as clean code (eg uncle Bob) seem pretty bad to me. But then lots of people who complain about that also suggest things that seem bad. Perhaps lots of these things are too insignificant compared to other business or design decisions that one can’t really learn from experience or past successful or failed projects.