But this means that you can't just throw around this phrase without specifying what exactly you want to say. There is no single definition of bad code everybody agrees on...
I agree that it's mostly relative and purpose-determined, though everyone develops some personal aesthetic sense over time.
Gerald Weinberg writes in his timeless piece The Psychology of Computer Programming that an objective question to ask is if the code lives up to the requirements.
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But this means that you can't just throw around this phrase without specifying what exactly you want to say. There is no single definition of bad code everybody agrees on...
The best code is no code.
About your last link, this issue made me lmfao: github.com/kelseyhightower/nocode/.... Plenty more like this one in the issues!
I agree that it's mostly relative and purpose-determined, though everyone develops some personal aesthetic sense over time.
Gerald Weinberg writes in his timeless piece
The Psychology of Computer Programmingthat an objective question to ask is if the code lives up to the requirements.