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by AnimalMuppet 1606 days ago
By who? By those who are working on it (now and in the future).

Let's start with the author. If the author can't understand it in six months, that's bad.

Then, the author's co-workers, now and in the future. The author may be a genius who never forgets anything, but will his successor be as good? If the successor can't understand it, that's bad code.