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Posted by foenix 4 days ago

Use the Mikado Method to do safe changes in a complex codebase(understandlegacycode.com)
137 points | 67 commentspage 3
dvh 10 hours ago|
Inherited? I wrote the thing! Customer have no money for large refactoring.
agge 9 hours ago|
So we make it many small commitable refactorings instead :)
janpot 10 hours ago||
In 2026, we call this "plan mode"
eblume 10 hours ago|
It goes a lot further than plan mode though, in fact I would say the key difference of mikado refactors from waterfall refactors is that you don’t do all the planning up front with mikado. If anything you try to do as little planning as possible.
koakuma-chan 9 hours ago||
> The project doesn’t compile anymore.

Using a programming language that has a compiler, lucky.

frpdrp 3 hours ago|
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