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> Just Don't. Leave it the fuck alone. Reminds me of a passage from "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers. The book is about dealing with
by no_protocol 10y ago
> Just Don't. Leave it the fuck alone.
Reminds me of a passage from "Working Effectively With Legacy Code" by Michael Feathers. The book is about dealing with those times when you absolutely must make changes to that old system.
This is from the end of Chapter 1:
It's tempting to think that we can minimize software problems
by avoiding them, but, unfortunately, it always catches up with
us...In poorly structured code, the move from figuring things
out to making changes feels like jumping off a cliff to avoid a
tiger. You hesitate and hesitate. "Am I ready to do it? Well,
I guess I have to."