I know what you mean by 'messy scientific code', hairy stuff. Deal with it almost on a daily basis. 10 element tuples, weird names etc. Makes you wanna puke at the beginning. But then, as I get to understand what they are trying to say (i.e. Business Purpose) things get easier. Somehow I remember what 6th element in the tuple is and where approximately in 2000 LOC function should I look for something. BUT... When it comes to 'properly engineered' piece of infrastructure OOP shit filled with frameworks and factories, I have no idea. No matter how hard I try I cannot remember nor understand what the fuck are they trying to say. My guess, this is because they have got nothing to say, really.
