> Using "clever" as a criticism is implicitly an ad personam argument, passing value judgement on the person who wrote it ("Oh, they must have written it to sho

> Using "clever" as a criticism is implicitly an ad personam argument, passing value judgement on the person who wrote it ("Oh, they must have written it to show off") instead of an argument about the code itself. I don’t get it; why? Anecdotally, me and my colleagues are fine giving ourselves feedback that some code is too clever, without malicious undertones.