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by rqtwteye 508 days ago
I don't know the exact situation but I just wanted to point out not to fall into the "I have looked at the thing for a little. I don't understand it and I can't be bothered to understand it because whoever write it, was an idiot. We need a full rewrite with my favorite shiny tool. The rewrite will be easy" trap. I think that triggers a lot experienced people.

But maybe you are right. That's also very possible

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Even if you were correct, project managers are allergic to “This spaghetti code is terrible, I can rewrite it to be way better.”

Because, they hear that a lot.

To every dev not his mommas spaghetti´s the best, so naturally they want to be their own cooks in the kitchen