Why is it always false dichotomy with these people? It's either the bun or the patty, never the whole burger. The sad realization is that in most cases the cod

Why is it always false dichotomy with these people? It's either the bun or the patty, never the whole burger. The sad realization is that in most cases the code only has to be good enough to be extensible (we can add features!) and not break publicly (we won't embarrass ourselves). But the quality of the product experience has a direct impact on the company's success. If that's what you truly believe, then you've got a nice surprise in store somewhere down the line when your nicely extensible code, which used to break only "privately", starts breaking in public because it's not scalable. Nobody in their right mind is arguing against the importance of the user experience anymore (if they ever did), but that's no excuse for not caring about how you do your code, as long as the user looks happy.