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		redrove 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobody knows how the whole system works > But in all systems up to now, for each part of the system, somebody knew how it worked. If the project is legacy or the people just left the company that’s just not true.

youarentrightjr 23 days ago | [–]

> If the project is legacy or the people just left the company that’s just not true.

Yeah, that's why I said "knew" instead of "knows".

1718627440 22 days ago | [–]

Which is why such code is routinely thrown away and rewritten from scratch or just not really touched at all.

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