@sarajw this is a cool opportunity! and it’s your chance to create something lasting and extendable and maintainable. now is the time to think about how a future somebody-else will read and understand what you create.

every huge complicated codebase started out as a small and well-intentioned codebase that got more obscure and confusing with each tough decision that a developer had to make about quality vs. speed. try to push back and advocate for quality when all they ask of you is speed.