That sounds more like a personal attack than a constructive response to the topic.

I only brought up large (old) codebases to put into context the kind of maintainability issues I am discussing, and why my perspective is what it is.

It's not a personal attack because I don't actually know anything about you, and I'm not claiming to. I'm making that statement in regard to your two posts up the chain. They are statements that don't reveal any solid, usable points other than to say "simpler code is easier to understand, sometimes performance doesn't matter as much" but in such a strong form as to suggest that the advice plays out a lot in the real world. It doesn't.

> ..as to suggest that the advice plays out a lot in the real world. It doesn't.

what makes you say that?