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		helpmefindpurp on March 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: -2000 Lines of Code (2007) This is cope. those applications are there because they work. Mistakes in "20M LOC monoliths" are exceedingly rare in the financial world. Look how bad "hipster" software is in comparison! Billions in profit means billions in quality

Double_a_92 on March 25, 2024 [–]

The problem is not that they don't work, it's that they can't ever be touched again because it's impossible for anything to understand the code.

helpmefindpurp on March 25, 2024 | [–]

The people looking at them just lack the skills...

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