As a power fantasy, I heavily relate to this. I would love to be that archetype of writing amazing cathedrals of code with absolutely no tradeoffs with testabil

As a power fantasy, I heavily relate to this. I would love to be that archetype of writing amazing cathedrals of code with absolutely no tradeoffs with testability, readability, or (amazingly) time spent on development. To be a misunderstood genius whose only limit to delivering infinite value is the incompetence of my employer. However, this is a fantasy. >I’m obsessed with making my code readable, even to non-programmers This is a plainly impossible goal, because programmers themselves don't agree what "readable code" is. The problem is that sufficiently useful code always exists in a context where tradeoffs are inevitable. When the universe aligns to help us forget this, the success can be intoxicating. Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where all projects can be like that? Software Craftsmen then get seduced into Software Masturbators.