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Re:Cursed Elixir by darkerside on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:47PM (#24822702)
You are right in the context of software built for ownership but a team, typically in a commercial context.

In other cases, side projects with an emphasis on learning, coding for fun, practicing, or just doing something neat, the clever code can meet other subjective standards for "goodness".

I'm sure most people don't care, but that doesn't make it less true.

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Re:Cursed Elixir by dilap on Sunday October 18, 2020 @10:02PM (#24822766)
Yeah there's definitely a place for both.

That said, the older I get, the more I appreciate obvious code...

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Re:Cursed Elixir by darkerside on Monday October 19, 2020 @11:49PM (#24833773)
Me, too. But I'd posit that's because we've written enough of the clever shit that we don't need to learn, play, and experiment anymore, at least to earn a decent living.
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