[iamwil]

The problem is, future programmers only get to look at the artifact--your shitty code--rather than all the learnings you got, since I bet you never wrote it down.

Oh right, I'd have to ask you about it. And chances are, you're not even working here anymore. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29919428

That said, there are definitely people that swing too far the other way. Some people create abstractions where there doesn't need to be. And they're usually not well thought out ones either.

I wish there was a way for code work like pen/pencil and paper, where if you're doing exploratory work, you can sketch. And it'll look like a sketch for other people reading your code, however that can be indicated. But once you learned enough of the domain, you can firm things up, like you do with a pen to add safety and other constraints.