# There's No Such Thing as Clean Code

DevFeed: [There's No Such Thing as Clean Code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/there-s-no-such-thing-as-clean-code-25812.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.steveonstuff.com/2022/01/27/no-such-thing-as-clean-code>)

Author: Steve Barnegren

Published: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Steve Barnegren](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/steve-barnegren.md>)

Topics: [clean-code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clean-code.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interfaces.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [clean-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clean-code.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interfaces.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion argues that "clean code" is not a useful technical measure because code quality involves different goals that can conflict. It recommends discussing concrete trade-offs and explaining why one solution is better or worse instead of treating "cleanest" as an objective metric.

## Source excerpt

Everyone seems to be striving for 'clean' code at the moment. You can't read a blog post without the author telling you how clean their approach is. Engineering teams get together and discuss which of the possible solutions is the cleanest. Other developers assure you that they practice 'clean code'.