I find that when people value vanity or discussions of how to proceed their confidence is low. These are red flags for me. It’s assumed that if you aren’t a jun

I find that when people value vanity or discussions of how to proceed their confidence is low. These are red flags for me. It’s assumed that if you aren’t a junior you should be able to immediately reason multiple original routes to the goal. I suppose the most important matter of “taste” is how deterministic the flow control is by just reading the code. It doesn’t have to be pretty. When this is absent I know the author values something other than maintenance or extension. When it’s hidden behind cultural conventions, like a framework, I know the author values those learned conventions more than a utility goal or objective criteria. Since these observations reflect behavior they apply equally to many other non-code contexts in the real world.