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		empthought 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How good engineers write bad code at big companies A good system, i. e. one that got it right from the start, is one that is cost-effective to change. (“Will” has little to do with it.)

bcrosby95 3 months ago [–]

Change in which ways? A system designed to be cost effective to change in any way isn't going to be cost effective to change in a small set of ways.

empthought 3 months ago | [–]

Answering that question well is what makes the system good!

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