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Is “Clean Code” Holding Us Back? A Developer’s Dilemma
We’ve all heard it. Readable. Reusable. Testable. Maintainable. “Clean Code” has become the holy grail of software development. The books, the blog posts, the conference talks — all hammer home the same gospel: write clean code, or don’t code at all. But here’s the honest question that needs to be asked: Are we worshipping "clean" at the expense of progress? Let me explain.
We’ve all heard it. Readable. Reusable. Testable. Maintainable. “Clean Code” has become the holy grail of software development. The books, the blog posts, the conference talks — all hammer home the same gospel: write clean code, or don’t code at all.
But here’s the honest question that needs to be asked:
Are we worshipping "clean" at the expense of progress?
Let me explain.
