3 ms·
A quarter or two isn't going to be enough for a drastic realignment of a large codebase. It's a start, but only a start.
by Espressosaurus 3y ago
A quarter or two isn't going to be enough for a drastic realignment of a large codebase. It's a start, but only a start.
- summerlight 3y agoReadability is usually applied in an incremental way. You don't have to fix all the code to make it conformant. If there are concerns about consistency, the style guide actually encourages people to prefer consistency over its own rule.
- badlucklottery 3y agoThe 1-2 quarters is just to "realign" the SWEs, not the codebase. Old code can usually be left as-is unless there some particularly egregious security hole or the like.