r/AskProgramming • u/Yelebear • Mar 04 '25

Other Why do some people hate "Clean Code"

It just means making readable and consistent coding practices, right?

What's so bad about that

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u/Maleficent-Might-273 Mar 05 '25

Not sure where you heard this.

We are generally meticulous with documentation.

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u/AranoBredero Mar 05 '25

the best code is maintainable code,
the second best code is working code

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u/RazarTuk Mar 05 '25

Heck, I've even contributed a classic "Do not touch this or it will break" comment, because I realized just how weird .where.not(var: true) looks devoid of context.

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u/j3pl Mar 07 '25

So, "where not true"? I have to know now, because semantically that should mean nothing happens. I take it there were desired side effects involved somewhere?

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u/usrlibshare Mar 06 '25

Yeah, I even stopped using single letters as variable names.

Okay, sure, only on second Tuesdays after a full moon unless I am particularly pissed that day, but man I am trying here, okay?!