The 10 Commandments of Legacy Code

22 Apr 2023 / Alex Bolboaca / No Comments

In a recent Twitter thread, Dave Anderson (ex GM and Tech Director at Amazon) has proposed a list of 10 commandments for legacy code. Do we agree with them? Watch this video to find out.

Here’s the link to the thread: https://twitter.com/scarletinked/status/1645426515000139776?t=PpKqiMMEG-OVca2y0He5ow&s=09.

If you're a software engineer, your main job is maintaining legacy code.

Why? Because building a system doesn't take long, in comparison to how long code will last, assuming the code/business are successful.

Here are the 10 commandments of maintaining legacy code.

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— Dave Anderson (@scarletinked) April 10, 2023