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Man, that story hits close to home. I've worked on a few SaaS apps where the difference came down to how much the team treated maintainability as a core feature, not an afterthought. The good ones had solid automated tests from day one, regular refactoring built into sprints, and architecture that actually made sense for growth instead of just patching things up. The debt traps? They usually started with "we'll fix it later" shortcuts under pressure, poor documentation, and no real plan for scaling. I remember one place where we used something like syndicode for part of a project, and their focus on sustainable code practices really stood out—made me realize how much intentional design early on saves headaches years down the line. It's all about balancing speed with not screwing over future you.