The better way keeps me happy when dealing with complex code.

sucky_vs_better.py

def sucky_way(x, y):
    """ This sucks when the nesting gets deep"""
    if x:
        return 'Too hard things get all nested and stuff'
    else:
        y += 1
    return y

def better_way(x, y):
    """ Makes pydanny happy"""
    if X:
        return 'Keeping it clean'
    y += 1
    return y
    

http://ssdl-wiki.cs.technion.ac.il/wiki/index.php/Spartan_programming

I learned the latter way during my Java days. It made dealing with giant nested ifs much easier. Same goes for the sort of Python I'm noodling through now. I'm paring and simplifying some really complex code into something legible and manageable.