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by ChrisMarshallNY 1248 days ago
> If you want something like this to work, you have to commit to a certain amount of consistency in your code base.

That goes for almost everything, in developing ship code.

Today, I am in the initial stages of rewriting an app with a codebase that has “accreted” over two years.

It’s kind of a mess (my mess, to be clear).

I’ll be adding a great deal of rigor to the new code.

I think it will come out great, but I have my work cut out for me.