Having worked as a "heads down" coder for 15 years, I’ve worked in many code bases, some welcomed me with beautifully laid out architecture or had implemented custom frameworks that handled 90% of the business use cases out of the box! Others were a patchwork of ideas held together with hard work and a bit of luck.
Why readability matters
Most developers will eventually be tasked with fixing a bug or adding a new feature to an unfamiliar system. This is usually far more difficult than clean sheet development as the developer is confined by the system they’re working in.
Most developers
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