“There are two types of startups... those that are successful on a code base of which the engineers are moderately ashamed... and those that go out of business.

“There are two types of startups... those that are successful on a code base of which the engineers are moderately ashamed... and those that go out of business.” -- Lean Startup 2012 Conference Perfect is the enemy of good enough, and all that. Especially as a startup, there's no guarantee you're going to be in business in a few months, and time = money. I'm not saying you shouldn't have well-tested code, but you probably shouldn't spend weeks perfecting something when a good enough solution can be done in a day.