The larger a project is or the busier developers are, the harder it is to become acclimated to parts of the code, too.
There are a few more examples from the article:
Bugs pile up. The build slows. Backwards compatibility imposes its own tax on progress. Original team members move on, while new members take time to acclimate.
He doesn’t mention this, but it also takes time to re-acclimate yourself to things you wrote six months ago. Good code and tests help but developers are human beings.
So basically refactor old features and code to remove tech debt before starting work on new features, so it’s easier to implement them.
Developers always knew that. PMs always hated that.
Refactoring is great, but there’s more.
The larger a project is or the busier developers are, the harder it is to become acclimated to parts of the code, too.
There are a few more examples from the article:
He doesn’t mention this, but it also takes time to re-acclimate yourself to things you wrote six months ago. Good code and tests help but developers are human beings.