it’s kind of frustrating, cracking open old code for a change or bug fix and seeing some really gross helper function you have to use. the temptation to take 30 minutes and refactor is too irresistable sometimes.

I do agree with the basic idea of the article though. maintenance/sustaining = touch the code as little as you can (helps with diffs) greenfield = take the time to make it right for as long as you can