Whether code is “crap” is completely irrelevant. What matters is whether it (1) solves the problem it was intended to solve (2) how long it takes to add feature

Whether code is “crap” is completely irrelevant. What matters is whether it (1) solves the problem it was intended to solve (2) how long it takes to add features/fix bugs. The 2nd part depends more on the developers than the code. Great developers can jump in and be effective in most code. Bad developers can’t even be effective in code written 100% by themselves! In other words, developers matter a lot more than code.