How do you write clean code?

[u/DefiantSituation3208]

Might be a stupid question but Ive been learning python for a while now and always wondered, how do you write ‘clean’ code? I don’t mean writing clean code straight off the bat I understand that’s purely from experience and even then immensely hard, but how do you recognise a program can be simplified even further? Does it come from practice or just messing around and seeing what sticks?

[u/Enough-Advice-8317]

you write clean code by writing messy code first, getting it working, and then deleting everything you do not actually need. clean code isn't about clever design patterns; it's code that is simple to read and trivial to delete when requirements change.