When you're not relying on a compiler you just have to right good code. And it's easier if the code never has to change, only grow. I know a confident Perl programming who rarely changes his mind about anything. When he codes something he keeps it.

I always feel like I have to "maintain" code so I usually get bored after 3k lines of code, but truth is code doesn't have to be maintained if we like it the way it is, which obviously includes all the functionality that comes with it.