[EGreg]

what exactly is "the smartest code you can" :)

[brudgers]

Actual quote:

Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?

[OnionBlender]

Known as Kernighan's Law.

[flykespice]

I guess this https://www.ioccc.org/

[havefunbesafe]

In this case, it sounds like "The code that will most impress your parents"