I made a tool that helps make AI-generated code as clean and well-engineered as possible. When I shared it, I got a few comments/DMs asking what’s the point of even doing this? Why does it matter how well your code is made so long as it works? First of all, there are the obvious practical reasons. Well-structured code makes bugs easier for your agent to find/fix and makes building new features faster. But that’s not really the reason to make your code beautiful. The real reason is simple: you are what you make. When you ship slop - whether anyone reads your code or not - you become a little more of a slop person. It feeds into everything you do. Your standards aren’t something you set once and apply selectively. They’re a practice. They shape you, in everything you do. What you do is who you are. So the point of making your code beautiful isn’t really about the code. It’s about becoming the kind of person who makes things well. submitted by /u/PetersOdyssey
Originally posted by u/PetersOdyssey on r/ClaudeCode
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