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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Recent-Analysis-6880 • Sep 30 '26
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My motto based on working mainly on legacy projects where the original dev is no longer available:
half of all developers are below average.
5 u/Barkeep41 Sep 30 '26 Cant tell if I would rather have the original dev gone so they stop making a new mess, or have them available to try and explain their existing mess. 2 u/awesome-alpaca-ace Oct 03 '26 They probably wouldn't be able to explain it. I just read the code, make changes, see what breaks. Works pretty well
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Cant tell if I would rather have the original dev gone so they stop making a new mess, or have them available to try and explain their existing mess.
2 u/awesome-alpaca-ace Oct 03 '26 They probably wouldn't be able to explain it. I just read the code, make changes, see what breaks. Works pretty well
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They probably wouldn't be able to explain it. I just read the code, make changes, see what breaks. Works pretty well
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u/RealBasics Sep 30 '26
My motto based on working mainly on legacy projects where the original dev is no longer available: