[registeredcorn]

I'm not sure if this a new idea, unlikely - but I'll write it out at risk of forgetting later:

Code can be terrible, but fun: interesting bugs created and found in novel ideas.

Code can be wonderful, but boring: a calculator application which is well written, but drab in implementation.

Code can be terrible, and boring: some poorly thought-out B2B product that has hundreds of edge cases, each of which have numerous, similar but distinct bugs.

Code can be wonderful, and interesting: Doom, etc.