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I moved mostly to real estate after running an IT company for 15 years. You know what they say in this field about 19th century buildings, which are certainly t

I moved mostly to real estate after running an IT company for 15 years. You know what they say in this field about 19th century buildings, which are certainly technically inferior to newly constructed houses? „At least these buildings have been standing for a century without collapsing“. IOW, the code you are seeing is at least in production, while many other companies did things differently (perhaps in a prettier or more maintainable way) and failed. Sorry if this isn‘t helping, but have some respect for a codebase that seems to be working. And write lots of tests before touching it.

base698 8y ago
Lindy effect: The Lindy effect is a concept that the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things like a technology or an idea is proportional to their current age, so that every additional period of survival implies a longer remaining life expectancy.
humbleMouse 8y ago
>Sorry if this isn‘t helping, but have some respect for a codebase that seems to be working. And write lots of tests before touching it. This right here is the best advice I've seen in the thread. Lot's of people are giving good advice here. Definately write lots of tests before touching it. As you write the tests you may even start to see a pattern or "method to the madness".