Story old as time. Management typically prioritizes features over other types of work. If your ENG dept has weak leadership it becomes daunting to fight for the 20% required for maintenance of the system.
Then at some unknown point things slow down in a noticeable way and everyone scrambles to fix the slow down without fixing the culture that lead to it, and that’s if you’re lucky.
Somehow in management eyes rewrites are more palatable than refactors despite costing 10x more
Then at some unknown point things slow down in a noticeable way and everyone scrambles to fix the slow down without fixing the culture that lead to it, and that’s if you’re lucky.
Somehow in management eyes rewrites are more palatable than refactors despite costing 10x more