I'm willing to bet most startups have horribly unhealthy codebases, at least that has been my experience. However, it ultimately doesn't matter much. The things

I'm willing to bet most startups have horribly unhealthy codebases, at least that has been my experience. However, it ultimately doesn't matter much. The things that matter are the things that gain and retain customers, like stability, uptime and functionality. While it's unlikely you'll have stability and uptime in a bad codebase, they're not mutually exclusive.