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by viraptor
1094 days ago
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> At the end of the day, most code is deleted anyway. The timescale for that really depend on the project. I'm digging in git history from ~2013 every few weeks, in an app which definitely runs and handles lots of transactions today. That code is not getting deleted any time soon and any explanations about the reasons in the PRs are extremely helpful. Understandability is great in this case. |
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My point was that even if logic isn't valuable understandability helps the person reading it decide whether to delete it or replace it. Code that can't be understood and sits within vast applications providing no value is often very difficult to remove and ends up being a long-term cost to a business.