The easiest way to explain dumb code is that there’s a brain budget, and reading someone else’s code is 2x harder than writing code. Therefore, writing dumb cod

The easiest way to explain dumb code is that there’s a brain budget, and reading someone else’s code is 2x harder than writing code. Therefore, writing dumb code means: make sure the code you write never exceeds the budget when it needs to be read. Also the brain budget is very low because you often have a wide mix of talent working on the same stuff. It’s that simple.