This is absolutely critical to achieve sustainable development in large code bases. However, it is also important to know how to pick your battles.
Make the change easy with the critical path and core of the system. But sometimes, especially along the periphery, the right choice is to just make the change and be okay with perpetuating a bad pattern, if it is going to bring disproportionate business value quickly. The key is knowing when to take one approach or the other.
Make the change easy with the critical path and core of the system. But sometimes, especially along the periphery, the right choice is to just make the change and be okay with perpetuating a bad pattern, if it is going to bring disproportionate business value quickly. The key is knowing when to take one approach or the other.