To me, aesthetics does fit. It has two different meanings. One refers to the overall subject area of beauty, like, "This warehouse isn't pretty, but the people who made it weren't thinking of aesthetics." The other meaning refers to a particular artistic style or concept of beauty. For example, minimalism is an aesthetic, because to some people a clean look is beautiful. You might say the main page at google.com has a minimalist aesthetic.
If a programmer has a certain sense of what they feel is beautiful, they can incorporate that into their code and the way they go about creating it. So you could say Mel's sense of what makes code beautiful is deep knowledge of the computer and clever code that ties in with that.
If a programmer has a certain sense of what they feel is beautiful, they can incorporate that into their code and the way they go about creating it. So you could say Mel's sense of what makes code beautiful is deep knowledge of the computer and clever code that ties in with that.