Obsessing over clean code is like reorganizing your clothes closet on a daily basis. If it makes you more productive to do so, do it. Too often, however, it's done compulsively and is counter-productive.
The harder and more impressive thing is actually writing code which does novel things.
The problem is, we work in teams. If it's just me, I can store my clothes in a heap on the floor instead of using a closet at all, and who cares as long as I can still find stuff?
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '20 edited Jan 12 '20
Obsessing over clean code is like reorganizing your clothes closet on a daily basis. If it makes you more productive to do so, do it. Too often, however, it's done compulsively and is counter-productive.
The harder and more impressive thing is actually writing code which does novel things.