there's an amazing thing about code is that once it works, it can continue to work in the exact same fashion indefinitely as long as nothing changes No busines

there's an amazing thing about code is that once it works, it can continue to work in the exact same fashion indefinitely as long as nothing changes No business stays the same. All systems have to change, either due to evolving business needs or because the data inside them are growing. The first means bad code getting changed, generally at incredibly high cost. The second puts stress on critical points in the bad code, generally causing unexpected and intermittent failures.