I agree with the sentiment, never said anywhere that it couldn't be achieved in a personal level. Just that defining "good code" is difficult. If you narrow dow

I agree with the sentiment, never said anywhere that it couldn't be achieved in a personal level. Just that defining "good code" is difficult. If you narrow down "good code" to mean "good to myself" then of course it is sad that someone doesn't believe in it. On the other hand, I find that someone saying that "universally good code" is not possible as understandable. I personally believe it is only really achievable in certain domains, for some others (especially for code handling a lot of essential complexity) it is borderline impossible to not have at least some uneven corners. And there's only so much you can sweep under the carpet of indirection.