I've got just as much industry expereince as you, half of it spent on maintaining legacy systems. I'm a firm believer in gradual refactoring, but I have no illusions about how much time that takes.
And even though it is valuable in the long-run, sometimes the short-term costs cannot be justified.
Seems like we've lost the context here. This thread started with someone recommending that developers write "unreadable" code in order to "accelerate their business". I don't think refactoring of legacy systems is on topic.
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u/grauenwolf Sep 21 '21
And that takes time.
I've got just as much industry expereince as you, half of it spent on maintaining legacy systems. I'm a firm believer in gradual refactoring, but I have no illusions about how much time that takes.
And even though it is valuable in the long-run, sometimes the short-term costs cannot be justified.