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(4) nobody wants to pay for it (i.e. prioritize fixing existing code vs building new features). It only gets fixed when the system is in such a state that new f
by pbourke 7y ago
(4) nobody wants to pay for it (i.e. prioritize fixing existing code vs building new features). It only gets fixed when the system is in such a state that new features are nigh on impossible to implement. Until that level is reached, developers just absorb the cost of working with the legacy code base as an externality.