I would suggest that you flip the question to What plugin is good for posting code?. You can only do so much with <pre> and <code> HTML tags. I post code snippets on my blog all the time using the WP-Syntax plugin. Here’s a nice working example: A WordPress Blog Post with PHP, TXT and … Read more
Just a suggestion and not necessarily the answer, but some of those are so basic I’m wondering if using the Starkers theme from Elliot Jay Stocks and just adding a bit of style to it, could make the simple theme you’ve been looking for.
Bare bone themes are great, personally I prefer them over frameworks. I have noticed that ‘liking’ one over another comes down to how it feels, so I would suggest trying several out until you find one. For instance a lot people like WordPress boilerplate but I could not get the hang of it. My current … Read more
Hybrid Theme Hybrid, developed by Justin Tadlock. Scope of code is primarily PHP internal functionality and front-end templates for themes. Interesting features: code aims to minimize template edits, most of functionality can be controlled via hooks; context-aware – extended body-class, dynamic context-aware hooks that allow to hook events that fire only in specific context; tightly … Read more