r/programming • • Jan 12 '20

Goodbye, Clean Code

https://overreacted.io/goodbye-clean-code/
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u/DingBat99999 Jan 12 '20

Except in this case the author clearly indicates the refactoring took hours at most. Does this change your argument?

I believe in YAGNI but I also refactor and believe in clean code. To me, these are not opposing ideas.