SMRTR ProgrammingFeb 27, 2025Medium

The Clean Code Delusion: Why Your “Maintainable” Software is Rotting from Within

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Developers frequently produce messy, hard-to-maintain code due to time constraints and overconfidence, while even seemingly clean code can conceal complex, poorly-structured elements that complicate future understanding and modifications.

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