Value to customer. Literally the only thing that matters.

Value isn't a one-shot, though. Value sustained over time is what matters.

Well, if unmaintainable code gets in the way of the "sustained over time" part, then that is still a real problem.

	▲	bluefirebrand 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Businesses no longer seem to care about "value sustained over time" They only seem to operate as "extract as much value as possible in a short amount of time and exit with your bag", these days