News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Software Engineering at Google (2017). Parent comment

Re:Software Engineering at Google (2017) by snorkel on Friday January 04, 2019 @07:56AM (#18823627)
After working with banks that still run production code on obscure and obsolete platforms written by people who retired decades ago, I totally endorse this practice ... as long as I’m not doing the rewrite.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Software Engineering at Google (2017) by Radim on Friday January 04, 2019 @08:04AM (#18823677)
The dance between death by ossification and death by excessive chaos is a delicate one.

Be too quick and you're constantly chasing shadows… wait too long and you're immobile.

[ Parent | on HN ]