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Why Does Development Slow? (tidyfirst.substack.com)

submitted 11 hours ago by codeinabox@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

So basically refactor old features and code to remove tech debt before starting work on new features, so it's easier to implement them.

Developers always knew that. PMs always hated that.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 11 points 9 hours ago

Refactoring is great, but there’s more.

The larger a project is or the busier developers are, the harder it is to become acclimated to parts of the code, too.

There are a few more examples from the article:

Bugs pile up. The build slows. Backwards compatibility imposes its own tax on progress. Original team members move on, while new members take time to acclimate.

He doesn’t mention this, but it also takes time to re-acclimate yourself to things you wrote six months ago. Good code and tests help but developers are human beings.