[Rooster61]

> Refactoring is badge of disgrace, and should not be considered a standard practice any more than putting out kitchen fires should be considered a standard practice of cooking.

You are taking the idea of refactoring to an extreme and then attacking it. Refactoring != complete structural overhaul (at least not always), and it certainly shouldn't be a badge of disgrace. It's a perfectly reasonable and acceptable practice to write code to make something work that might be kludgy or not so clearly written with the intention of refactoring once the overall solution is in mind. Programmers don't always have the luxury of designing it perfectly before implementation. That's just unrealistic in today's market.