But still, we should strive for writing the best "clean code" that we set out to write. So "clean code" here is subjective and bound to the individual. Normally

But still, we should strive for writing the best "clean code" that we set out to write. So "clean code" here is subjective and bound to the individual. Normally, business and absurd deadlines force us to lessen that principle—that's what I call "ugly code".