Or the target's moving fast enough that it's inefficient to build a gold-plated solution when a quick hack will get you out of trouble for now.
Research code is much the same. Your code doesn't have to be great (or even OK, to be honest) as long as it runs well enough to provide the results you need for your paper.
Research code is much the same. Your code doesn't have to be great (or even OK, to be honest) as long as it runs well enough to provide the results you need for your paper.