The Psychological Torture Of Messy Code

The eternal developer obsession with refactoring code that has zero practical benefits! The bearded dev isn't refactoring for performance, security, or even browser compatibility—he's doing it because messy code literally follows him like a ghost, haunting every waking moment of his existence.

That feeling when you're showering and suddenly remember that nested if-statement monstrosity you wrote six months ago? Pure psychological torture. No wonder we're willing to spend hours "improving" perfectly functional code just to exorcise those code demons from our brains.