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by atsaloli 2173 days ago
Max's answer to the interview question "What is the most terrible code that you ever encountered, and what was your approach to refactoring it?" is relevant here.

In his book "Code Simplicity", Max has a checklist (summarized in point 4 of https://techbeacon.com/app-dev-testing/rewrites-vs-refactori...) -- and that's the checklist referred to in the InfoQ interview.

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Here is the link to the InfoQ interview: https://www.infoq.com/news/2018/01/q-a-max-kanat-alexander/