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Allow me to highlight what I wrote: either mostly finished / slowly changing, or on their way out Most of those old systems support a part of the business
by x0x0 11y ago
Allow me to highlight what I wrote:
either mostly finished / slowly changing, or on their way out
Most of those old systems support a part of the business that is dying and are maintenance only, but occasionally they do need some extra duct tape. We minimize any investment at this point. At this point it's a day or two of work a month spread across a team, but everyone takes a turn.
- crdoconnor 11y agoI don't see the point. Either shut it down completely because it's not worth the investment to maintain or do it properly. Test driven development is a practice that is most valuable on legacy code. Only doing it on new code and not old code is ass-backwards. If anything it should be the other way around. A half assed hack job to support remaining customers will likely only end up alienating them when you inevitably break stuff they rely upon with duct tape. Alienated customers tend to drop you forever and run into a competitor's arms. YMMV but that's always been my experience.
- x0x0 11y agoThe point is money. It shouldn't be hard to imagine a business that is earning money but will never again grow, is worth no further investment, and is therefore being run out. I reread what I wrote; you appear to be deliberately obtuse.