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Discussion on: A simple technique to do safe changes in a complex codebase

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Frank Font

Nicolas, this is the clearest explanation I've seen of the practical heuristic that master software developers apply in general. It works for methodically improving inherited code bases and also for creating new software from nothing. The ideas stay the same when delving into the complex. In case some readers are unfamiliar with the difference between complicated and complex, they can find my explanation here (with attempted clarifying analogy)... dev.to/frankfont/simplify-what-can...