This codebase sounds like a haunted graveyard[1], where everyone just fixes their local corner of things and avoid the risk of untangling the existing mess. No

This codebase sounds like a haunted graveyard[1], where everyone just fixes their local corner of things and avoid the risk of untangling the existing mess. Not needing to conform to some company-wide standard is probably really pleasant while it lasted, but every such effort adds to the haunted graveyard, and the lack of consistency will eventually come back to bite whoever is still around. [1] https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference/protected-files/srecon17americas_slides_reese.pdf https://www.usenix.org/sites/default/files/conference/protec...