There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get

Metaphors like “a sinking ship” are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading. A business will sink long before code quality reaches a hypothetical floor. Technical debt has no bankruptcy, no clean reset, so metaphors that imply an end provide a false sense of security. Read in full here: Zach Kehs – 4 Sep 26 There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get Metaphors like "a sinking ship" are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading. A business will sink long before code quality reaches a hypothetical floor. Technical debt has no bankruptcy, no clean reset, so metaphors that imply an end...