[hinkley]

This is the sort of thinking that leads to analysis paralysis, and massive overengineering for what-ifs. Yes, the design you had when you had a smaller customer base in mind and when you were deep in Dunning-Kruger territory about your problem domain is not going to work once you actually know what the fuck you're doing. Shit happens, get over it. And yourself.

Being bad at refactoring will only make the experience more painful. Same with unit tests. Same with deployment. Same with pretty much everything.

> Refactoring means the original design didn't handle change well. Refactoring is badge of disgrace

I'm not sure how you intended this, but this reeks of shame-based project management, which is a bane and a scourge of the industry. Get out of here with your failure talk. You're spooking the natives.