The silent death of good code
created: Feb. 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. | updated: Feb. 8, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Good Question™ :)Good Code is code that is easy to read and understand.
Good Code is code that is pleasing to develop with and maintain.
Good Code is code that exists for a specific reason, and no more.
Not a “Computer Programmer”, nor a “Coder”, nor any other title that implies that my job is to “write good code”.
From my (biased) perspective, the change in Software Engineering feels uniquely sudden, and I can’t help but mourn the silent death of Good Code.
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