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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by jspash on Sunday September 18, 2022 @01:52PM (#32889690)
Personally, I would never run a linter of any kind on a full codebase that doesn't have tests. After having been bitten by all kinds of bugs over the years, I wouldn't suggest auto-linting any file that you aren't actively working on.

It's rare that linting will actually make the code work better. Granted, it could catch some security bugs. But they can - and will - introduce new bugs. You just have to ask if it's worth the risk.

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Re:Ask HN: Inherited the worst code and tech team I have eve... by dtgriscom on Sunday September 18, 2022 @03:29PM (#32890666)
This. It's so tempting when a linter warns "This code is misleading; it would be clearer to do it this other way" to think "Easy fix: change it the way the linter suggests." But, make the change, and you may discover (hopefully before delivery) that the code functionality depends on the confusing behavior.
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