> The absolute worst codebases I've worked on have been created by brilliant individuals. +1 to this. Worked on a codebase where the (lone, unsupervised, I'm

> The absolute worst codebases I've worked on have been created by brilliant individuals. +1 to this. Worked on a codebase where the (lone, unsupervised, I'm assuming) developer had created their own ORM and object model. Impressive! Except neither had been updated in the (5+, IIRC) years since the original dev left because they were hideously complex and fragile and thus increasingly a drag on getting anything done (which is why management were Very Keen on a total rewrite in A.N.Other language.)