Re:Deleting 50k Lines of Code in 3 Days
by aakashns on Thursday December 14, 2023 @11:15AM
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Our situation is a bit unique, because we're currently a two person company. I'm familiar with the product, our users, and the codebase, which allowed me to move quickly. This probably wouldn't work at a larger organization.
It's possible that the author did take this into consideration and glossed over the details, but it's not something that I as a reader take for granted. And it's not something that I as a coworker would take someone's word for, especially if they didn't list at least some examples of the things being removed.
Not trying to pile on the author. Trimming the fat on a codebase is great, and for sure a worthwhile exercise that not enough organizations pay mind to.