> But I’m sure you would agree that before you can have a maintainable product, you should first strive to have an actual product. The assertion that proponent

> But I’m sure you would agree that before you can have a maintainable product, you should first strive to have an actual product. The assertion that proponents of clean code make is that the fastest way to the end goal (in the ~6 week window) is with high internal quality[1]. If your project is <6 weeks, then do whatever. If you think you'll be around longer than 6 weeks, then make it clean. [1]: https://martinfowler.com/articles/is-quality-worth-cost.html https://martinfowler.com/articles/is-quality-worth-cost.html --> Not Robert C. Martin, btw.