Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases
What I've learned from ten years working on projects like this
Hasnain says:
So much truth in here. I wish I could hammer home the point about consistency, it makes a world of a difference in large codebases.
Speaking here as a guy who often has to go and clean these up for various reasons,
“Why is consistency so important in large codebases? Because it protects you from nasty surprises, it slows down the codebase’s progression into a mess, and it allows you to take advantage of future improvements.”
Posted on 2025-01-08T06:59:52+0000