What I learned while working at startups is the actual worst thing you can do with code is create smell. Code smell. If it worked and passed the “clean” test

What I learned while working at startups is the actual worst thing you can do with code is create smell. Code smell. If it worked and passed the “clean” test but still didn’t scratch an ego or worse, did something ypir peers or boss didn’t think of as a solution, then it would “smell”. I would have thought only “unclean” code could “smell” but even the “cleanest” code could “smell”. It made work as rigorous as shooting an arrow in the dark. But the shame of smelly code would have brought the whole thing to its knees so I am relieved such pertinent problems are being so addressed so aggressively by the truly smartest of humanity. Logic issues? That’s okay. Code smell? GTFO