> I think the main reason codebases are ever-growing is that we never ask, in a serious way, the question "could this be much smaller" I think we do ask this q

> I think the main reason codebases are ever-growing is that we never ask, in a serious way, the question "could this be much smaller" I think we do ask this question, but code bases grow just like cities grow. We have more stuff and do more things and have more people. I think there is a curation and pruning process but still gets bigger over time. Even with serious refactoring, the codebase still grows as the deleted portions are still available in the codebase for reference.