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Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by OneTimePetes on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @05:31AM (#28928635)
Deadlines are missed even for equivalent tasks previously done tasks, executed by a developer who is qualified and capable. Means even reproduction of pre-existing work is hard with the code-base.
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Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by goto11 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:13AM (#28929302)
The problem is you never have "equivalent tasks". This is the blessing and curse of software development: You never have to do the same thing twice.

Software tend to get more complex over time. Even if code quality is optimal, software will get more requirements added over time - especially if it is successful. If you allocate resources rationally, you will start by solving the "low hanging fruit" in the problem domain. So you cant really compare tasks at different stages in development.

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Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by OneTimePetes on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:32AM (#28930432)
You obviously have never been blessed with a truly horrific codebase. There are C-projects out there, were people do almost the same thing - twice.

Like a endless papyrus scroll, and medieval scribes, modifying a copy and pasted atrocity for a month.Code this bad, usually never makes it to HN of course.

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Re:Code quality: a concern for businesses, bottom lines, and... by goto11 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:32PM (#28933426)
In any case, you can have the best code quality in the world and still miss deadlines if the deadlines are not realistic.
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