In fairness, his audience was his manager, not the app's users. So it was perfectly rationale for him to push for the relatively easy re-write instead of worryi

In fairness, his audience was his manager, not the app's users. So it was perfectly rationale for him to push for the relatively easy re-write instead of worrying about the app's users, given that his manager was not a user of the app. As an engineer who finds value in making things people actually find useful, though, it was a pretty dispiriting experience.