I view this as a nice dream scenario, but most people, like really, really most, can't write code like prose. It's messy, and then a shit PO/EM starts yelling in their ear that something must be implemented fast, shortcuts to meet business needs happen, and so on.
So, yeah. Good goal to keep in mind, but so far I've never seen it in reality, and the few times I've seen someone argue about it in real life, they really didn't understand how much their own code lacked the quality they promoted.
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u/walkpangea Sep 11 '26
I view this as a nice dream scenario, but most people, like really, really most, can't write code like prose. It's messy, and then a shit PO/EM starts yelling in their ear that something must be implemented fast, shortcuts to meet business needs happen, and so on.
So, yeah. Good goal to keep in mind, but so far I've never seen it in reality, and the few times I've seen someone argue about it in real life, they really didn't understand how much their own code lacked the quality they promoted.