i read an interesting article comparing function-based views with class-based views in django and it was like "function-based views are bad because you might have ten to thirty lines of code" and honestly this also explains a lot about programming in general am i stupid for prefering ten to thirty readable, understandable lines of code to 3 lines of hidden complexity that requires 2 weeks of Reading The Docs to partially understand? but, then again, senior programmers need their job security