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		awesomeMilou 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren'... I'm a software engineer and _I_ don't understand the aesthetic value of code. I'm interested in architecture and maintainability but I couldn't give a rats ass on how some section of code looks like, so long as it conforms to a style guide and is maintainable.

staticassertion 37 days ago [–]

> so long as it conforms to a style guide and is maintainable.

Most people consider aesthetic values to align with these things.

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