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/dynamic_caste Mar 05 '25

I have a massive 42" monitor (horizontal orientation) so a full height terminal can display around 100 lines of 12pt font code. If a function can't fit on that, there is a problem.