> That speed is what we used to have in software engineering. So much careful craftsmanship, no line just yeeted out.

That reads like nostalgia. What you describe sounds like the code I brought forth on a sunny Sunday afternoon, but certainly not on a hectic work day under deadline stress. I had Stackoverflow open _all the time_, and started googling at the earliest inconvenience. There were the dangerous parts of the codebase, where I paid more attention, much like I do now. But the rest, well - not everything needed the polish, and corners were cut all the time.