From one piece Bad code is kudzu 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
-
Their words
But in this new era, we must delete code even harder, because if we don't constantly remove complexity, we are going to drown in generated kudzu slop that overtakes codebases.
-
Their words
Deleting code is hard, particularly because it's a thankless task that usually doesn't go on promo packets, which is why we end up shipping hundreds of thousands of lines of sparkle emoji magic wand AI features, but deleting code is silent.
-
korrents.com
A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it.Their words
An app feature, once added to a codebase, can be extremely hard to remove.