Generally I put in a little extra effort to make my code pleasant to look at and easy to understand. Right now, however, I'm working on a web scraper and I just cannot get this thing looking nice on the back-end. It simply requires so much massaging of the data that it seems impossible to abstract the hairiness away. I can get it to a moderately understandable and maintainable point, but I don't know if this code can ever be pretty.
Do you think that all code can be made attractive, or are some things just too hairy?
Do you think that all code can be made attractive, or are some things just too hairy?