The text discusses the importance of focusing on new code quality rather than digging into old, legacy projects. It emphasizes personal responsibility and consistent standards across languages and projects within an organization. The article highlights SonarQube as a tool that provides multiple features to help developers maintain high-quality code, including automatic issue assignment, New Code Period-focused Quality Gates, and PR analysis. It also explains how technical debt remediation is a side effect of business-as-usual, where managers prioritize quality in old code, and the code base gradually gets cleaned up over time as new changes are made. By keeping new code clean, developers can ensure that released code meets high standards, even if legacy projects require more attention from management.