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I'm sure there are lots of production codebases like that. But there are lots of codebases that actually require the institutional knowledge to use and modify -
by fsloth 7y ago
I'm sure there are lots of production codebases like that. But there are lots of codebases that actually require the institutional knowledge to use and modify - for example a decades old CAD application. So your example is not a universal rule.
- uk_programmer 7y agoI find it incredibly frustrating and tbh it saddens me when I say a generality in this case being "developers overestimate their worth to the business" and people chime in with all the exceptions that they think disproves it. Obviously there are exceptions to the rule. However unless building the tech is the business you are seen just as a cost to the business in most circumstances.