What Makes Good Code Good

By Tom Moertel Posted on July 24, 2026 Tags: code , comments , clean code , good code , nature of code , purpose of code , source code , definitions , theory , philosophy ( This post is part of a series of posts on good code . ) Recall that the purpose of code is to instruct a computing device what to do in a form that is easy for the code’s intended audience to understand and maintain .…