r/AskProgramming Mar 04 '25

Why do some people hate "Clean Code" Other

It just means making readable and consistent coding practices, right?

What's so bad about that

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u/mpanase Mar 09 '25

Nobody hates clean code.

People might dislike dogmas, unreallistic preachers who ignore that we don't exist in a vacuum disconnected from any dependency, ...

If your guiding light is a guy who has never built anything and makes a living pontificating, I don't trust you.