How would you define “a mess”, "The nose knows", as they say. I love dumb, straightforward code BTW. It's my guiding aesthetic much of the time in fact. But

How would you define “a mess”, "The nose knows", as they say. I love dumb, straightforward code BTW. It's my guiding aesthetic much of the time in fact. But that wasn't what I was referring to, here. Rather the "too smart for its own good... and utterly brain-fucked" end product which is the calling card of your average rockstar / ninja developer.