It’s still bad, but it’s a new kind of bad

Ah, the sacred ancient code from 2004. That beautiful, horrifying mess of hacks and workarounds that somehow still runs your company's billing system. Touch it? Absolutely not. That's like disturbing an archaeological site. Meanwhile, some bright-eyed junior dev suggests "refactoring" it with the latest framework. Sure kid, go ahead - break production, summon demons from the seventh circle of dependency hell, and explain to the CEO why customers can't pay us anymore. Twenty years in this industry has taught me one truth: if it's ugly but works, it's not ugly.

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