[muzani]

It's a psychological thing. It's the dirty work. Someone has to do it.

I just grab a couple cans of Red Bull, some L Theanine, pull up my metaphorical gloves and go in.

The book Mythical Man Month states that in large codebases, about 1000 lines of code are written per person per year. Coding style can be perfect and it could still be a pain to go through. Sometimes it's a pain simply because the coding style is "perfect" - it could end up verbose or too clean for comfort.

But you gotta do what you gotta do. Think of all the lives you improve by doing this. Reward yourself afterwards.