Dev pushes back on "don't look at the code" mantra: you can't maintain what you don't understand
AmanVirk1 · x · 2026-10-01
- Developer Aman Virk predicts the "don't look at the code / code doesn't matter" voices will fade soon: there's no way to build, maintain and operate products you can't reason about.
- He argues code quality is about understanding how everything works, not aesthetics, and calls the wave of "Explain the codebase" skills a pure headache.
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