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Discussion on: I work hard in order to avoid work - My view on refactoring

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GrahamTheDev

Little and often is an old saying, or if you are a chef “clean as you go”.

The “I will clean it up later” syndrome has cost me a lot of money over the years in having to unravel what i wrote years ago. Keep on top of it and it is easy!

Great article with a very important message ❤️🦄

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Keff

Thanks, I too believe it's quite important.

My company too, has lost loads of time and money for this very reason. Just as an example, we had a project that at one point scored around 3.5 years of tech-debt, when the project was around 1.5 years old 😂. The reason? Saying “I will clean it up later” (if they even thought that) and not coming back and cleaning.