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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by DiggyJohnson on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:25PM (#34330967)
Why? I'm not even saying you're wrong, necessarily...
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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by jacobsenscott on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @04:36PM (#34331866)
I would call it developer rot. The code hasn't changed - and runs just as well (or badly) as the day it was written. It is the developers who somehow lose the ability (I don't know how - just read the code) to work with that code.
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