I've been doing work on a Raspberry Pi project, which got large enough that it took forever to get code nav back after an edit.

I switched to using VSCODE remote from a beefier machine with 32GB of memory (and an admittedly better processor). Editing response is now under 10 seconds. Sweetness and light! And even the compiles (which still take place on the Pi) run about 6x faster.

When I met the other 2 blind people, one of them joked that yes, they were very organized, but because they had to be, unlike us, being not organized wasn't an option for them.

I don't question the ability you may have to deliver quicker results, but I bet that your incentive to organize stuff is smaller than what your friend has.

Maybe he will be more inclined to refactor that than you and take even more time, and that maybe it pays off. Of course, I have no idea of your deadlines or if you are in a rush for MVP in search of market fit.

But this also follows those lines of: "wanna go fast go alone, wanna go further go together".

I value more quality than speed, but also understand that sometimes speed is what is needed.