I adore the true v1 prototype, often it's translating human needs into code that is tricky not the programming aspect -- writing an absolutely egregious program

I adore the true v1 prototype, often it's translating human needs into code that is tricky not the programming aspect -- writing an absolutely egregious program in a few hours to just confirm "so you want X to do Y like this?" The trap is when that horror code isn't immediately binned but becomes the cut-corner foundation for even more spaghetti.