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Re:Maintaining code quality when nobody cares by philbarr on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:52AM (#16367073)
My favourite quote from, "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers:

"They're writing legacy code, man!"

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Re:Maintaining code quality when nobody cares by jacquesm on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:57AM (#16367106)
I've - unfortunately - seen a case like that a couple of weeks ago. Very sad, moreso because they did not realize they were simply replaying the past. With all the best intentions of course.
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