What you've said echoes the concept behind the quote "I didn’t have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one." This, or some variation of it, has been around for quite a while. I think this reveals a fundamental truth about knowledge based work that is inherent to humans. Purposeful simplicity is harder than accidental complexity.
> This approach of course takes more time and requires that your management trusts you and is willing to compromise on timelines.
I would say that most management and even most programmers don't see the value in this. In my experience focusing on simplicity gives much better long-term results but it has higher and more unpredictable upfront cost. Blasting code onto main is seen as being more productive even though long-term it seems to have much higher overall costs.
> This approach of course takes more time and requires that your management trusts you and is willing to compromise on timelines.
I would say that most management and even most programmers don't see the value in this. In my experience focusing on simplicity gives much better long-term results but it has higher and more unpredictable upfront cost. Blasting code onto main is seen as being more productive even though long-term it seems to have much higher overall costs.