“It’s just a prototype,” can be bad if you are doing half baked things to get them done quickly, telling yourself you will rewrite for production. A pattern I’

“It’s just a prototype,” can be bad if you are doing half baked things to get them done quickly, telling yourself you will rewrite for production. A pattern I’ve frequently seen is schedule pressure mounts and when you need to scale back on scope to meet a deadline, rewrites are the first to go. I’d guess a good portion of the garbage people inherit from others fits into this category.