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Discussion on: How Do You Handle Legacy Code When Starting a New Project?

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Joe Mainwaring • Edited

What I'd like to do with legacy code

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What usually happens:

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Taylor R Price

100% accurate. There is some legacy code that isn't garbage that I'd like to burn down but that's doesn't happen too often.

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Tracy Gilmore

I would love to take a flame-thrower to the legacy code on my project. However, that would only leave ashes of a project and it has only been running for 2-3 years with a team of 6 developers! I think I might be the next thing fired.