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[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

i used to believe in this; but then i learned the hard way that old/opaque code is gross game of hot potato where you will pay the price if your social standing in your organization isn't privileged enough.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Guess I was lucky to have a social standing privileged enough, as a junior dev.

But also, probably because they actually required determinism, with it being critical and all.

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