> "code that doesn't get touched dies" - so you want to "touch up" code as often as possible and get into a habit of small improvements. I've seen many cases w

> "code that doesn't get touched dies" - so you want to "touch up" code as often as possible and get into a habit of small improvements. I've seen many cases where this is far from true. Tightly and well-written back end code in a well-designed system can run for years - even decades - hardly being touched. User-facing UI code less so of course.