And the other part is just the sheer amount of projects that can't deliver that "speed" after a year or two because shoddy, quick and poor decisions were made around code quality. Once you find out that your startup chose the wrong architecture because "we need to do it fast" and it needs to stop pivoting for 6 months to unfsck themselves, it's mostly too late.

Unfortunately people who create those monstrosities hide behind the same "keep it simple and quick" excuse than people who know how to prioritize.

It's interesting how many people here ignore that scenario - it's surprisingly common. Is it because most of developers jump ship at that point?