This "trap" is Deadline Culture and it doesn't pertain only to code quality, but to other matters like product direction and personnel decisions, which are made quickly and often badly. It's sloppy and destructive. Companies with Deadline Culture often make it easy for a total asshole to gain power just by citing existential risks that either do not exist or are of extremely minor importance. Deadline Culture companies are obsessed with competitors, even though it's their own internal corrosion that does them in.
Sometimes, having deadlines is unavoidable. They might be set externally and exist for regulatory reasons. Deadline Culture is when the company starts encouraging the formation of unreasonable deadlines that triumph over professional integrity and intellectual honesty.
VC-istan seems to encourage it with the whole "if we get bored with you, we'll fund your competitors" arrangement.
Deadline Culture is, however, great for the true fascist. Fascists love (real or imaginary) existential threats, especially vague ones they can continually adapt to their needs, but that come with time pressure.
Sometimes, having deadlines is unavoidable. They might be set externally and exist for regulatory reasons. Deadline Culture is when the company starts encouraging the formation of unreasonable deadlines that triumph over professional integrity and intellectual honesty.
VC-istan seems to encourage it with the whole "if we get bored with you, we'll fund your competitors" arrangement.
Deadline Culture is, however, great for the true fascist. Fascists love (real or imaginary) existential threats, especially vague ones they can continually adapt to their needs, but that come with time pressure.