Was Satoshi's coding ability considered bad?

[hatshepsut93]

Why not download the code written by Satoshi and see it yourself? https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/code/

I'm not very experienced with C++, but IMO the code is pretty good, it's not messy and there are decent comments.

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[AverageGlabella]

Why not download the code written by Satoshi and see it yourself? https://satoshi.nakamotoinstitute.org/code/

I'm not very experienced with C++, but IMO the code is pretty good, it's not messy and there are decent comments.

I'm not experienced enough and wanted the opinions of some of the experts in this forum. I think I got some insight comments.

[YarkoL]

The implementation of transaction states (UTXO) and Bitcoin Script, to
name just two aspects of the total system, indicate a remarkable mind at
work. If it originated from just one person, I would have no reservation using
the word genius.

Also, some more mundane programming constructs like the serialization
routines tell me that the author was well-versed in software design.

I think that the slightly odd choices in the presentation of the original source code
- the fact that it is a Visual Studio project, and the unfinished foundations
of a p2p market - are there because the author(s) wanted it to be easily
adopted by developers while also hinting at the possibilities.

[alexrosenb]

Looking at the code I think it's likely Satoshi wasn't a salaried developer. What people in the tech industry call good programmers usually has more to do with team play than sheer technical ability. It's hard to work with somebody else's mess. There's this breed of developers who will take pride at using the latest technologies, having 100% test coverage, elaborate CI setups but completely disregard the actual purpose of the software.

When you're a lone wolf it doesn't really matter.

[CryptoSpark]

I think it's fair to say it wasn't engineered code.
Great insights that got the codebase started but it wasn't written by a professional software engineer. It doesn't take anything away from the accomplishment though.

[aliashraf]

I think it's fair to say it wasn't engineered code.
Great insights that got the codebase started but it wasn't written by a professional software engineer. It doesn't take anything away from the accomplishment though.

I denounce your claim as far as it is about textbooks and established science and not corporate invented fake engineering practices that involve a lot of generalization and abstraction layers and pointless application of void OOP ideas that have ended to software bloat and disasters like Windows.

[RodeoX]

Dare I say it was a little script-kitty like.

This is nonsense.  ...

Okay, okay "script kitty" is too strong.