Reading the comments it seems like a lot of people missed this part. > We can still try to come up with rules of thumb that help keep code organized, easy to m

Reading the comments it seems like a lot of people missed this part. > We can still try to come up with rules of thumb that help keep code organized, easy to maintain, and easy to read. Those aren't bad goals! But these rules ain’t it. They need to stop being said unless they are accompanied by a big old asterisk that says, “and your code will get 15 times slower or more when you do them.” He isn't against organised and maintainable code, he just thinks the current definition isn't worth the trade-off.