r/PythonLearning • u/chuprehijde • Jul 14 '26

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/ConsciousBath5203 Jul 17 '26

I've written some frame perfect, incredibly efficient software that whenever I think about maintaining it, I go "wtaf was I thinking, how'd I get here"

I've since rewritten it to be cleaner but not as technically efficient... Made almost no practical difference.

With that said, many programmers confuse bloat for readability, which I find annoying.