That&#x27;s the management decision in the article.  And I make the same decision.  We&#x27;re not an organization that attracts nor hires rockstars (or, as you say, 10x coders).  We have a couple really sharp folks but are predominately staffed by &quot;1x&quot; coders.  Therefore, it is important and the responsible thing to do to write all code so that it can be understood and maintained by a 1x coder.<p>Even if it is being written and currently maintained by one of our sharper folks, people move on or change roles, and projects shift to other staff for long term maintenance.  Who&#x27;s going to be maintaining this project in 2-4 years?  This project needs to be written with them in mind.