In most engineering circles, clean, elegant code is the gold standard, but Block's chief technology officer said that's overrated. Dhanji Prasanna, the fintech company's technology lead, said on an ...

Speaking on Lenny's Podcast on Sunday, Prasanna said that too many engineers equate technical perfection with business success. "A lot of engineers think that code quality is important to building a ...

Block CTO Dhanji Prasanna says code quality has little to do with a product's success. Dhanji Prasanna said engineers should focus on purpose, not perfect syntax or architecture. His comments come as ...