I have to point out that having "high personal standards" is its own fatal flaw. The worst quality code I've seen comes from developers with little self awareness or humility. They call themselves artisans and take no responsibility for the minefield of bugs and security vulnerabilities left in their wake. The Internet is held together with bubblegum and baling wire [1] [2] because artisans reject self improvement.

These same artisans complain about how bad AI generated code is. The AI is trained on your bad artisan code. It's like they are looking in the mirror for the first time and being disgusted by what they see.

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2014/03/29/the-internet-is-held-toget...

[2]: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/11/the-internet-is-held-tog...