raheelrjunaid
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I wrote a post on it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45558489
For your examples, I maintain relationships by checking in every month or so by text or LinkedIn. The only relationships withered are those I've intentionally broken, not forgotten about.
Legacy code is stuff that nobody wants. Whether because its slow, the programming language is dead, the patterns are outdated, etc. I get familiar with legacy code the same way I get familiar with regular code: reading a lot of it and filling any gaps I see.
Although, on the other end is people that spend way too much time attacking the problem with limited context, and then asking for help after the day is almost done.