Explore the importance of code quality and learn practical strategies to improve it in this insightful conference talk by Venkat Subramaniam. Discover the economic impact of poor code quality and understand what constitutes high-quality code. Learn to honor the Single Level of Abstraction Principle (SLAP), favor high cohesion and loose coupling, reveal intention in your code, avoid primitive obsession and overly clever solutions. Gain insights on effective commenting practices, the significance of meaningful naming conventions, and the value of tactical code reviews. Enhance your programming skills and contribute to creating more maintainable, efficient, and robust software systems.