> There was never really a need to have finely crafted, artisanal code in these code bases

Oh if we only had a middle ground between hitting the slop button versus hitting every key manually.

> Yes, sure, maintainability, yada yada. For most code out there, that never mattered anyway.

I’m so glad we have an expert who knows what’s best for “most code out there” gracing this thread with his presence.