That&#x27;s a great idea! And the way you explain it in terms of music makes it seem like that should be very obvious, but I never heard it stated that way before.<p>I&#x27;ve heard Harold Abelson say “Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute” [1], and Jeff Atwood say &quot;Always code as if the person who ends up maintaining your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live&quot; [2], but how about: &quot;Write code that you&#x27;d be proud for your mom to read&quot;.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;9168-programs-must-be-written-for-people-to-read-and-only" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;9168-programs-must-be-writte...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.codinghorror.com&#x2F;coding-for-violent-psychopaths&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.codinghorror.com&#x2F;coding-for-violent-psychopaths&#x2F;</a>