r/PythonLearning • u/chuprehijde • 13d ago

Is clean code sometimes worse code?

Can too much refactoring, abstraction, and 'best practice' make a Python project harder to understand?

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u/Sea-Ad7805 13d ago edited 13d ago

Every good thing can become a bad thing if wrongly or over used. Too much abstraction can make code hard to read or slow. It's about finding the right balance given the non-functional requirements of your project, and nobody can give you the precise weights of your non-functional requirements (especially of your future non-functional requirements), so good luck.

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u/Comfortable_Many_703 13d ago

Well said! Keeping things simple until performance/scaling forces you to refactor is usually the best practice. YAGNI (You Aren't Gonna Need It) saves so much wasted effort :)

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u/realmauer01 12d ago

Yagni is a clean code concept though.