It's the opposite, better-factored code makes me, a mediocre developer, capable of making progress instead of hitting a complexity wall.

It's separate from striving for "beautiful" code, beauty within well-factored boundaries yields dimishing returns compared to just having the boundaries.

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hnlmorg 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You’re ostensibly arguing the same thing I am though. Focusing on building the thing rather than designing the code to look pretty.

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nixon_why69 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I haven't read the codebases in question but people were talking about spaghetti code, which would not be well-factored and would impede someone less talented from comprehending it or being able to change it effectively.

I guess I'm saying there are code quality concerns which do affect velocity/maintainability and then there are superficial and stylistic issues. The former aren't just about some kind of beauty standard, they're part of executing.

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lproven an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't think "ostensibly" means what you think it means.

But I can't guess what you meant.

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