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Refactoring isn’t rewriting for the hell of it. Maybe some do that, but the majority of the time, it’s to make things clearer, allow for better abstractions, et
by colejohnson66 5y ago
Refactoring isn’t rewriting for the hell of it. Maybe some do that, but the majority of the time, it’s to make things clearer, allow for better abstractions, etc. Letting cruft build up because you think rewriting is wrong is how you get technical debt.
- Ericson2314 5y agoYeah I think the "fuck it" crowd just adds new code and doesn't touch existing code. That or they advocate doing a from-scratch rewrite.