[hinkley]

The leaky abstraction definitely hurts.

Having not worked there it's hard to tell if the team shifted to maintenance mode because the dreamers that started the whole thing left, or because the code is so work-hardened that only maintenance can be done on it. But it definitely feels like it's a product in maintenance mode.

I recall too, just before TeamCity launched, that there was a notable uptick in bugs and regressions. As if someone had been working on a new internal product that poached all of the R&D-compatible people and left things in the hand of more junior members.