It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.

Features that offer value to a minority of users impose a cost on all users.

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.

Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.

Programmers are as emotional and irrational as normal people