All Code Is Legacy Code

Legacy code vs. bad code

Jamie Bullock
Nov 6 · 4 min read
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

I must admit I’m kind of allergic to the term “legacy code”. It’s a phrase that often gets used when a programmer joins a project and they don’t like the existing codebase.

They then feel an overwhelming urge to rewrite everything. But let’s face it, who does like the existing codebase? Most of us live in a constant state of feeling our code could be…

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