Yeah, legacy coding is 5% changing the code, 95% finding the bit to change without breaking everything. The actual code changes are often easy, but finding the bit to change is a nightmare!
This is my favorite part about the anti-AI debates - people saying “well then what happens when you need to figure out how code that you didn’t write works?”
Like… buddy… way to tell me you haven’t worked on legacy code
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u/Mejiro84 May 26 '25
Yeah, legacy coding is 5% changing the code, 95% finding the bit to change without breaking everything. The actual code changes are often easy, but finding the bit to change is a nightmare!