• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    i used to believe in this; but then i learned the hard way that old/opaque code is gross game of hot potato where you will pay the price if your social standing in your organization isn’t privileged enough.

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      3 hours ago

      Guess I was lucky to have a social standing privileged enough, as a junior dev.

      But also, probably because they actually required determinism, with it being critical and all.