I've rewritten a shit ton of code in my life, a great deal of it written originally by developers who A) claimed to love the profession; B) thought they knew wh

I've rewritten a shit ton of code in my life, a great deal of it written originally by developers who A) claimed to love the profession; B) thought they knew what good code looked like; C) were wrong. And you know what else? Somebody probably came behind me and did the same thing a few times. Pretending nobody's ever cleaned up your mess is just pretentious.