Awareness and planning cannot compensate for the fact that lost productivity is lost productivity.
There might be a good reason why code developed under extreme focus also tends to be inscrutable to others.
Wow. I have never thought about it this way. That's quite a profound insight. Thanks.
The corollary is true as well. I, as well as many others I imagine, have had to fix and maintain dumpster fires of spaghetti code developed under the standard distraction-filled modern business day.
Distraction doesn't beget good code; instead, a good programmer learns how to be as productive as they can despite the dysfunction of a typical modern business.