It’s not about pristine software. Customers expect something that works. But changes will then be requested and the expectation is that the software will continue working. It’s hard to do that with janky code.
If you have a good architecture and keep good code hygiene, then velocity is easy. Without that, everything will slow to a crawl.
If you have a good architecture and keep good code hygiene, then velocity is easy. Without that, everything will slow to a crawl.