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Scott Hanselman January 8, 2024 33m

Learning to love Legacy Code with Andrea Goulet from CorgiBytes

Summary

This episode of Hanselminutes discusses working with legacy code, referencing Michael Feathers' definition of legacy code as code without tests. The key takeaway is that legacy code isn't just about age, but about difficulty to work with, and that tests are artifacts of intention, with other elements like commit messages and variable names also indicating developer thought.

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