• rhacer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’ve been on my project for 23 years. I haven’t written production code for ten of those years. There are still commits in the production branch with my name on them. Is both gratifying and mortifying.

    I was talking with two other “old-timers” today about our inability to pay off tech debt because our teams are never given the time to do it

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      3 months ago

      never given the time to do it

      It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than to get permission.