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Clever code is probably the worst code you could write

And clear, readable code is probably the hardest code to write

Each diff had reasonable unit test coverage - the basics and some obvious edge cases were covered, but I didn’t go wastefully overboard with it. While promotion culture in Big Tech is a story for another article (subscribe to see it in your inbox soon 🙂), the main point here is that great code is very clear and readable. It’s the reason why when ChatGPT outputs some hogwash, it’s easier just to re-prompt it or write it from scratch yourself instead of trying to figure out the errors in its buggy code.

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