The pressure to meet deadlines, deliver features, or fix bugs can lead developers to compromise on...

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Compromising on code quality with the intention to fix it later rarely happens and leads to long-term negative implications such as accumulating technical debt, increased maintenance costs, and reduced team morale. To avoid these pitfalls, it's essential to write clean, maintainable code from the start, prioritize refactoring, set realistic expectations, engage in thorough code reviews, and track technical debt actively.

The Myth of 'Fix Later': Why Writing the Best Code Now is Essential

The Cost of Not Writing the Best Code Now

I agree with the general idea. My challenges are:
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<li>It takes time to identify where code can improve, it usually becomes obvious when I’m debugging or writing something else in the code base</li>
<li>You can end up wasting a lot of time refactoring in order to get the best code now and tasks can be delayed</li>
</ol>
I wonder if others run into this as well.

As one of my colleagues has put it:
Striving for excellence is not just a matter of professional pride; it is necessary to prevent the endless cycle of suffering.
<a href="https://shiftmag.dev/good-enough-code-is-just-not-good-enough-2844/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://shiftmag.dev/good-enough-code-is-just-not-good-enough-2844/</a>

A Working code now is better than no code, If it’s too costly in resources to refactor the code then it’s probably not worth it, even without a tight schedule, just get it done and working first, then you can thinker with it looking for optimization.
A fun side project I found myself is refactoring code I wrote months or years ago, allows me to naturally improve my skills by using new knowledge I learned on a old project from when I didn’t had the necessary skills to get the job done perfectly.