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Yeah the financial value of a codebase is in successfully solving a problem, which is independent of code quality. It is a painful lesson for many.

• cube00 3mo ago
  > Yeah the financial value of a codebase is in successfully solving a problem It doesn't even need do it successfully, plenty of slow buggy codebases that are raking in huge amounts of money every day. I knew it was bad when I started getting tickets to "improve the skeleton loader" because its displayed for so long the project owner had time to contemplate changes to it.
  • gmueckl 3mo ago
    The success or value of a solution isn't measured by its quality, but by its utility to the customer. It's a harsh lesson for anyone who wants to build quality.
    • mosura 3mo ago
      And even worse “customer utility” isn’t real but perceived. It is more important to make the buyer feel the solution helps than anything else.
• tripleee 3mo ago
  code quality helps you get to the final successful solution, keep it there and iterate on it faster and with less bugs. It's not just pretty indentation but yeah sure no value