Best code is the one that you have not written :) Because the goal is not the code , it is the things that code does, and if it can be done without code, its the best code. Also if you produce lots of code that does not do anything in reality, then its worst code.
And yes, we can rebut that with "time you enjoy wasting is not wasted" except of course some externalities, like boiling earths oceans.
And yes, we can rebut that with "time you enjoy wasting is not wasted" except of course some externalities, like boiling earths oceans.