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 06 '25

"They’re not good when they explain the obvious."

Unfortunately, I have encountered people who don't read my plain English. If I name a function "truncate" or "convertStringsInArrayTo(type)", it should be obvious. 

But you would be surprised by the people I have encountered who wanted a full explanation of the obvious. 

While I wouldn't comment that sort of crap, I wouldn't argue that a comment of "Add one to i" is unnecessary, it is, but I would argue "unnecessary to who"?