[ibash]

I disagree. The ability of someone to read code doesn't grow exponentially, after a few years of experience everyone hits the same plateau. More years of experience does not mean you can understand more complex code.

That is to say, if you target "readable to the majority of engineers with 3-4 years of experience, without them getting confused" then you've hit the mark.

[mojuba]

> after a few years of experience everyone hits the same plateau

I'm sorry this is a very naive take, I presume (I could be wrong) coming from someone with just a few years of experience.