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I'm confused on one main point from the author. Are these created projects for work or just personal? This answer changes the dynamic of the entire article.
If they were personal projects, then there's nothing wrong. They were useful for a moment, or were fun to build, and if they've exceeded their usefulness, get rid of them. We do this all the time with hobbies, so why would it be a sin with personal code? Nobody spends an hour finishing a crossword puzzle and says "well that was a waste of time". We spend money on hobbies too, so if your hobby is coding and you want to spend money on an LLM subscription for your hobby, as long as you get value and enjoyment out of it, its fine.
However, if these were supposed to be commercial marketable products, and that business resources were used they yes, clearly there is a lack of planning and resource allocation. Spending time and money building something which has no use can can't be maintained is a major business error.