Hell, not even junior devs. I need to be able to come back to code months or years later and be able to figure it out. I can only remember so much.

No. Both are hard to maintain. And in fact, I’d prefer the spaghetti. It can be untangled.

If your code is as comprehensible as that run-on sentence, I can understand why coworkers would ask you to please write simpler code.

None are.

+1 for Ubiquiti, but I’d suggest one of the cheaper models with built in WiFi unless you plan on having an intricate network.