The difference between good code and bad code

There is no strict definition of good or clean code. Moreover, no automatic tool can measure the quality of code. There are linters, code checkers, and other analyzers that can help to make code better. These tools are very valuable and highly recommended, but not sufficient. Artificial Intelligence may take over and develop code for us, but in the end, its measurement of code quality will be based on our human ideas of good code.

Programming languages were initially developed to provide an interface between machines and developers; however, with the growth of software products’ complexity, it becomes clear that nowadays, it is mostly a way of communicating ideas and intentions between developers. It is a well-known fact that developers spend ten times more time reading the code than writing it. It means that to be efficient, we must do our best to make the reading easier. The most successful way to make this process efficient...