🔸 TL;DR

▪️ Indent consistently, name things clearly, comment why (not what), don’t keep dead code (Git remembers), avoid over-engineering, pair up to spread craft, and use modern Java features (records, lambdas, text blocks) for cleaner code. ✨

🔸 WHY READABILITY WINS

▪️ Code is read far more than it’s written.

▪️ Readable code reduces bugs, review time, and onboarding friction.

▪️ Simplicity scales; cleverness doesn’t. 🧠➡️🧼

🔸 DO THE BASICS FLAWLESSLY

▪️ Indentation: one style, everywhere (auto-format in your IDE).

▪️ Meaningful naming: totalAmount beats t—prefer intent over brevity.

▪️ Wise comments: explain why, not what; point to a decision, doc, or ticket.

▪️ No commented-out code: delete it—it’s versioned. 🗂️

▪️ No over-engineering: YAGNI/KISS—design for today’s requirements.

🔸 PAIR TO LEVEL UP

▪️ Pair programming spreads context, catches smells early, and shares patterns.

▪️ Rotate pairs to avoid silos and improve collective code ownership. 🤝

🔸 LEAN INTO MODERN JAVA

▪️ Records: concise immutable data carriers = less boilerplate, fewer bugs.

▪️ Lambdas/Streams: express intent cleanly—use for transformations and filtering.

▪️ Text blocks ("""): stop + concatenation hell for JSON/SQL/multiline strings.

▪️ Prefer small, pure functions; avoid deep nesting; return early. ☕️

🔸 SMALL PRACTICES, BIG IMPACT

▪️ One responsibility per method/class.

▪️ Guard clauses 〉 nested if pyramids.

▪️ Descriptive PR titles & commit messages.

▪️ Leave code better than you found it. 🧹

🔸 TAKEAWAYS

▪️ Readability is a feature—ship it deliberately.

▪️ Tooling + habits (formatters, linters, reviews, pairing) keep quality steady.

▪️ Modern language features help you say more with less.

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