The linked article is about dealing with legacy codebases with millions of lines of code. The response is accurate - anyone that's had to deal with a legacy co

The linked article is about dealing with legacy codebases with millions of lines of code. The response is accurate - anyone that's had to deal with a legacy code base has had to deal with the creators of said birds nest (who proudly strut around as though the trouble it causes to maintainability makes them "clever").