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I think who you’re replying to is being sarcastic (a clue is using a pejorative - “architecture astronaut”). FWIW, I agree with their sentiment and disagree wi

• randomdata 4y ago
  Yes, exactly. Even architecture astronauts are well intentioned, and if you understand the conditions under which they worked then it is quite easy to follow what they've done. It only becomes difficult when that context is lost. So hopefully they've encoded that context in tests. Worst case, if you never learned how to read code, you can throw the implementation away and the intention will remain validatable. But if you don't have the business end of the code documented... Good luck!
  • fuckstick 4y ago
    > Yes, exactly. Even architecture astronauts are well intentioned, and if you understand the conditions under which they worked then it is quite easy to follow what they've done. It only becomes difficult when that context is lost. I posit you lack either the experience of the imagination if you think "business context" is the only factor in the development of an unmaintainable mess.