Ask HN: What code makes you happy?
Perhaps a clean code sample? A library where the code seems to read as naturally as if you wrote it yourself?
Does a compiler count as a kind of app-generator?
https://github.com/mbrock/klatch/blob/master/Klatch/Embassy/...
And also this (incomplete) test suite for a language interpreter:
https://github.com/lessrest/koko/blob/master/test/Tests.hs
Other than that I really love well-written shell scripts that do their job.
Readable, followable code is definitely on my top sexy list. I want to be able to read it like a story and not have to guess at obscure conventions someone made up to keep their job proprietary.
Too many entrypoints are a combination of verbose boilerplate and obscure setup of "handler managers" and "event factories" and god knows what.
Often I look at a main function and it just seems to kind of start... something... and I have no clear idea of where to look for the code that actually does anything.