There's code structure but then there's also code philosophy.

The worst code bases I have to deal with have either no philosophy or a dozen competing and incompatible philosophies.

The best are (obviously) written in my battle tested and ultra refined philosophy developed over the last ~25 years.

But I'm perfectly happy to be working in code bases written even with philosophies that I violently disagree with. Just as long as the singular (or at least compatible) philosophy has a certain maturity and consistency to it.

I think this is well put. Cohesive philosophy, even if flawed, is a lot easier to work with than a patchwork of out-of-context “best practices” strewn together by an LLM