Author here. I fully support prioritizing a project because it's fun! We need to own that rationale though. In OP's situation, it sounds like their counterpart

Author here. I fully support prioritizing a project because it's fun! We need to own that rationale though. In OP's situation, it sounds like their counterpart is trying to argue that this project is a "good thing to do" for the user/system. In reality, it's a bit of code hygiene that makes it more fun to do work (still important [1]). That dissonance hides the true value of the work and makes it difficult to reason about. [1] https://blog.harterrt.com/bad-tools https://blog.harterrt.com/bad-tools