Simple trade-off: the more "clean" your code is, the more it will benefit when others/future-you reads it. If it's a quick one-off or if it's just for you, the

Simple trade-off: the more "clean" your code is, the more it will benefit when others/future-you reads it. If it's a quick one-off or if it's just for you, the value of "cleanliness" is far less than the value of speediness and responsiveness to client.