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Re:Ask HN: How do you estimate the code quality of a company... by fridif on Monday June 14, 2021 @10:58PM (#27510787)
Go somewhere that has no code/is starting a brand new project ;) Otherwise its guaranteed to be spaghetti
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Re:Ask HN: How do you estimate the code quality of a company... by Matthias247 on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:15AM (#27511571)
I don't think a greenfield project alone isn't sufficient if the op wants to be happy here. E.g. what if others are contribution on the same project, but care less about quality? What if there is a "skip testing, we will just ship the project" policy in place? In those cases the greenfield project can become as bad as any legacy project in a rather short timeframe.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you estimate the code quality of a company... by tboyd47 on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @08:16PM (#27534942)
Not true. I inherited the best codebase I’ve ever seen about 3 years ago. I make small improvements here and there, but the thing is a beaut.
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