Comment by pixl97

Comment by pixl97 6 months ago

5 replies

The point is until you start ripping the application apart you have no idea what the internal logic looks like.

When you look you can find terrors that will haunt you in the night where some ancient limit, say number of columns in a database end up holding multiple structures that are getting if/then'd later in the application.

I would completely and totally believe there is code just like that.

MichaelZuo 6 months ago

Why can’t you draw a flowchart/diagram of the logic?

Sure it may be so complex that a complete diagram would be dozens of feet across and tall on a real piece of paper.

But with apporpriate software tools that is not a limitation.

  • pixl97 6 months ago

    You can, it takes a massive amount of time.

    • MichaelZuo 6 months ago

      So then it’s a prioritization/cost issue…?

      • pixl97 6 months ago

        And massive amounts of testing and working with other stakeholders.

        Functional testing with all the systems it ties into is 900% of the work it seems.

        • MichaelZuo 6 months ago

          There are no preordained guarantees at certain thresholds so of course…?

          It could take thousands of times more budget than projected but it would still be physically possible.