If you&#x27;re doing fast prototyping or hacking for fun then mindless variable names make sense, but working on a production codebase that is or will likely be shared by others is a different situation.<p>There no argument for absolute quality in code, only value relative to its use case and context. Outside of correctness of behaviour and acceptable performance, the human-readability of code probably carries the most value in most situations.<p>Sure you can get by without it, but code that is readable will ultimately be more valued&#x2F;reviewed&#x2F;supported&#x2F;improved.