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You should write stupid code, but you should write good code too.

Writing stupid code is like walking to the shop. You're not going to improve your marathon time, but that's not the point. It's just using an existing skill to do something you need to do.

But you should also study and get better at things. If you learnt to cycle you could get to the shop in a third of the time. Similarly, if you learn new languages, paradigms, features etc. you will become a more powerful programmer.