[mikeryan]

It just doesn't work this way, the bad code stays there.

I read this differently. I didn't feel the author is saying the code is bad or "fast and dirty" to be cleaned up later so much as limited in features. Do limited features along the stack to get the whole toolchain in place before adding more features.

There's recent image with respect to UX which I think is relevant here https://twitter.com/jopas/status/515301088660959233

[MaulingMonkey]

> Do limited features along the stack to get the whole toolchain in place before adding more features.

This is the kind of codebase I like to take on. Limited features = less code = less to refactor, and what is there is probably better tested and has fewer bugs. I get to writing new features myself instead of just fixing someone else's work.