[omegalulw]

> But sometimes, especially along the periphery, the right choice is to just make the change and be okay with perpetuating a bad pattern, if it is going to bring disproportionate business value quickly

Agreed. Also tests - if the tests are catching the cases they are supposed to but have anti patterns in the way they are written - it's not always worth it to fix them so long as your new test cases can be easily covered.