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[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Make him unit test it all and then they can do changes that don't break.

[–] justJanne@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Often enough, the old code is so badly intertwined that it's impossible to actually test. Those are the moments where all you can do is nuke it from orbit.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well I was going for that... They will surrender before they do any changes.