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0 pointsrqtwteye1y ago0 comments

I guess the correct way to present this is something like "I know how to fix this in the short term but we should consider simplifying things because as far as I can tell the current code is much more complex than it needs to be".

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sfn421y ago

Yeah that's pretty much what I told them, except I didn't know how to fix it in the short term.

That's kind of my whole point - the "quick fix" took longer than a proper fix would have.

rqtwteyeOP1y ago

I don't know the exact situation but I just wanted to point out not to fall into the "I have looked at the thing for a little. I don't understand it and I can't be bothered to understand it because whoever write it, was an idiot. We need a full rewrite with my favorite shiny tool. The rewrite will be easy" trap. I think that triggers a lot experienced people.

But maybe you are right. That's also very possible

ungreased06751y ago

Even if you were correct, project managers are allergic to “This spaghetti code is terrible, I can rewrite it to be way better.”

Because, they hear that a lot.

tough1y ago

To every dev not his mommas spaghetti´s the best, so naturally they want to be their own cooks in the kitchen

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