Thought Artisan
Jan 8, 2026 · Fundamentals
Cultivating Code Taste: Three Timeless Principles from Code Complete & Hackers & Painters
The author reflects on code taste in the AI era, sharing three core principles from 'Code Complete 2' and 'Hackers & Painters': code form should mirror the problem, programmers should think before expressing in a language, and interfaces have both programmatic and semantic parts.
AI-assisted codingCode CompleteHackers and Painters
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