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by aspaviento 1597 days ago
I'm not trying to disrespect anyone's work. I'm just describing a situation. There are smart pieces of code there that solved the problems that were presented at each time with more/less time to work on them but poorly glued together. Similar problems were solved in completely different ways which makes the application less homogenic and requires to apply an extra effort to understand what's happening on each place. Lack of refactoring and tests left a lot of unused/unstable code that is only noticed when accessing specific areas/features of the application.

I understand the effects of time constraints and respect the years of dedications the developers gave to the application but that doesn't make the situation any more pretty.