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When The Senior Dev Suggests Refactoring The Entire Codebase

Software engineering Technical debt Refactoring Legacy code Code quality Career Senior developer Team dynamics

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8 months ago 363,987 views 0 shares

When The Senior Dev Suggests Refactoring The Entire Codebase

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You know that sinking feeling when the senior dev walks into standup with that gleam in their eye and casually drops "I've been thinking we should refactor everything." Sure, they've got 15 years of experience and probably know what they're doing. But you? You're three sprints deep into a feature that's held together by duct tape and prayer. Time to update that LinkedIn profile and start browsing job boards before you get voluntold to spend the next six months untangling spaghetti code while the rest of the team mysteriously gets reassigned to "higher priority projects."

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