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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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.