> It’s infuriating to join a new team held hostage by years and years of band aids because they never suffer the bigger picture consequences.

What’s even more infuriating is seeing new engineers join that team, question why the hell something insane is insane, and then slowly grow used to the insane thing. Only for the cycle to repeat when the next new person joins.

I make a huge point of confirming to them, that yes we do acknowledge it’s insane. Even if management doesn’t care.