Dear god this is pretty much what I went through when I started taking over a company with a 35-40 year old codebase. Files spread everywhere, no consensus, and supporting customizations for thousands of customers who we didn’t know if they were even still using the system.
It took five years and the firing of the long-time “head” programmer until some meaningful change was made.
It took five years and the firing of the long-time “head” programmer until some meaningful change was made.