That only works if if what you're doing actually works - not just in terms of producing code that works once, but in terms of producing code that's maintainable

That only works if if what you're doing actually works - not just in terms of producing code that works once, but in terms of producing code that's maintainable. I don't know for sure that you're a "terrible programmer", but you're saying all the things that the terrible programmers I've worked with tended to say.