[easytiger]

> It's not an easy thing to do unlike cleaning your house. It just takes one's will to clean the house but when it comes to keeping your codebase clean, it's much more than just will.

Let me put it this way. I've seen no relationship with code purity and a happy client

[afarrell]

Have you ever walked into a restaurant and asked to see how they refrigerate or organize their ingredients?

No? Would you say then that you don't care if your food comes out slowly or gives you food poisoning?

You care about the result, but you trust it to someone else.

It is a Chef's responsibility to maintain the mise-en-place and food safety to a degree which enables him or her to keep delivering meals quickly and without salmonella.

It is an Engineers's responsibility to maintain the code clarity and tests to a degree which enables him or her to keep delivering improvements on business needs quickly and securely.

[easytiger]

That analogy would work if I hadn't worked for companies who made $400m+ with code and processes that would be at home in a 14 year olds hobby project. Oh and 0 tests.

I find a lot of a certain kind of sw person who need analogies to make their mental model work. It never did for me