When a codebase is large and complex, it's risky to big changes. Here's a structured way to approach
  • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgOP
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    3 days ago

    You have to imagine Alice, Bob, and Carlos 25 years later, working on production code that was created like this.

    XKCD on this: https://m.xkcd.com/2730/

    By the way, I am currently working on a 20 year old code base that was in production use all the years and was continuously adapted. At least the people who wrote this were (more or less) knowing what they were doing. I guess I should ask for a pay rise…