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		beachy on Feb 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to be productive with big existing cod... > "code that doesn't get touched dies" - so you want to "touch up" code as often as possible and get into a habit of small improvements. I've seen many cases where this is far from true. Tightly and well-written back end code in a well-designed system can run for years - even decades - hardly being touched. User-facing UI code less so of course.

humbleMouse on Feb 28, 2019 [–]

I agree. That's one of the most ridiculous code tip's I've ever heard.

andreasklinger on Feb 28, 2019 | [–]

disagree here but in favor of simplicity of the main message removed it.

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