[Retric]

Some of that is deeply ingrained, but it’s useful to be able to swap between different kinds of problem solving.

Ultimately, there isn’t a single best approach to software development just different tradeoffs. Being able to whip up a bug ridden happy path that only works for some set of data is useful when trying to build an understanding of some new system. At the other end even if most of what you do is short lived demos creating a few rock solid building blocks can save you a great deal of pain.