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Re:Not My Job by dhzhzjsbevs on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:31AM (#31504280)
> I believe that in many situations high quality code is a LOWER net investment than low quality code.

This statement requires one caveat: your codebase sunset date.

Without it you can justify basically anything on the quality slider.

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Re:Not My Job by dagss on Saturday May 28, 2022 @03:43PM (#31543107)
I meant in the context of 2-3 years before a rewrite I guess.

Code with bugs can just sink your team in the first months after hitting production..

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