[smilesnd]

I beat it like it stole something from my mother. I write comments read it over and over and make changes where possible. I stay glued to it like it is my new found bible and become a guru of the code base through blood, sweat, and tears. It is the only way to handle new code not to hate it, not to blame others, and not think you could have done better. You befriend it accept it as it is and move forward with the best you got.

[jcul]

This is the attitude man. I love huge legacy codebases, dive in and get dirty.

This is the job, just shut up and get on with it.