I have recently come to realize that, at least in my world, source code older than five years is basically doomed. Developers simply refuse to work on it.
The code that makes it to five years is extraordinary as most of it "dies" before reaching the eighteen month mark.
As a result I have recently been shifting my view to support replace-ability vs maintainability whenever possible. I'm not totally sure how to achieve it, though. Most current trends seem to be towards increasing baggage. (docker)
Data lives on and on and on, however. Data is king. :)
I have recently come to realize that, at least in my world, source code older than five years is basically doomed. Developers simply refuse to work on it.
The code that makes it to five years is extraordinary as most of it "dies" before reaching the eighteen month mark.
As a result I have recently been shifting my view to support replace-ability vs maintainability whenever possible. I'm not totally sure how to achieve it, though. Most current trends seem to be towards increasing baggage. (docker)
Data lives on and on and on, however. Data is king. :)