Comments by "Toby" (@toby9999) on "Clean Code is SLOW But REQUIRED? | Prime Reacts" video.

  1. I found it way easier to get into old high-performance legacy C code than new highly abstracted Java / clean code / code following 'design patterns' type stuff. Procedural C code can be read and understood. Once details are abstracted away in a language like Java, it becomes a nightmare to figure out what the code is actually doing. The cognitive load is higher. I use C++ 99% of the time, but I prefer a lightweight approach. Perhaps "C with classes". Objects used within a procedural context.
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  2. Possibly because clean code advocates are very often OOP advocated and are very often Java developers. That's been my observation. It was definitely the case with the last project I was involved with. Highly abstracted Java code. Almost impenetrable.
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