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by danielmarkbruce 459 days ago
Sure, but the vast majority of the time in greenfield applications situations, it's entirely unclear if what is being built is useful, even when people think otherwise. So the question of "maintainable" or not is frequently not the right consideration.
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> in greenfield applications situations

which isn't most of the software industry

right, which is why I asked about the largest project.

If they've never worked on something post-PMF, I get it. They might be mostly right.