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There’s a Big Ball of Mud on Your Plate of Spaghetti
Welcome to what is potentially your last day on the job. Your project is about to be canceled. Your customers are angry. Your boss is freaking out. Your boss’s boss is in Antigua, but when she comes back next week, heads will probably roll. There’s no way to sugar-coat it. You might want to update your résumé and brush up on your algorithms, so that you’re ready for an imminent job search.
How did it come to this? We had a plan. The hardware architecture was simple. The first few releases went off without a hitch and our users were delighted. Our client even presented a whole new set of feature requests and signed a contract extension. How have we found ourselves at the precipice of sure ...
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