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by marcosdumay 1621 days ago
Do you not need to touch it or are you afraid to touch it? Those things are different.
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dudeman13 1621 days ago
Pretty sure it's "afraid to touch it".

Haven't you heard horror stories about complete hackery and shitshow (sometimes not even code, but actual company processes) built around them because fixing it might as well have become impossible?

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marcosdumay 1621 days ago
Well, I'd say that being afraid to touch some code is a pretty important quality dimension, one that is not moot by not needing changes.
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