yeah, it's reassuring that for most (all?) of these I'm like "I would never write that"... though I also lean towards very "simple" code that is not only blatan

yeah, it's reassuring that for most (all?) of these I'm like "I would never write that"... though I also lean towards very "simple" code that is not only blatantly clear but totally non-"clever". I'd rather the early-in-career dev we bring in 6-12mo later can read it and immediately parse it. Plus it's easier for ME 6-12mo later! hahah :)