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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by lanstin on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @11:50AM (#46059442)
I think the logic is that good code is code which is maintainable and modifyable; bad code is difficult to change safely. Over time, all code is changed until it is bad code and cannot be changed more. So overtime most code is bad code which is scary to touch.
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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by paulddraper on Thursday November 27, 2025 @02:23PM (#46072410)
The Peter Principle of code.
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