Software Development Practices

New features added to a compromised codebase inherit and expand its existing problems. The accumulation pattern of code smells is self-reinforcing. Incomplete work is left to be handled later, but later rarely comes cleanly.

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New features added to a compromised codebase inherit and expand its existing problems. The accumulation pattern of code smells is self-reinforcing. Incomplete work is left to be handled later, but later rarely comes cleanly.