Joined a new company recently. They kept telling me their codebase was a mess. Yet I've been finding it to be remarkably refreshing. There are extensive comment

Joined a new company recently. They kept telling me their codebase was a mess. Yet I've been finding it to be remarkably refreshing. There are extensive comments everywhere. Lots of white space (remember to let your code breathe). Existing linting policies are extensive and thorough. The code is well structured and remarkably easy to follow through where that does what. I think it helps that it's a very small team with maybe 5-6 people max over time. It's such a pleasure to explore the project while learning the system and starting to fix some small long term issues. Really, really nice.