The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

The best, worst codebase (Interview)


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Jimmy Miller talks to us about his experience with a legacy codebase at his first job as a programmer. The codebase was massive, with hundreds of thousands of lines of C# and Visual Basic, and a database with over 1,000 columns. Let’s just say Jimmy got into some stuff. There’s even a Gilfoyle involved. This episode is all about his adventures while working there.

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    Show Notes:

    • The best, worst codebase
    • Join our Zulip (It’s better than Slack)
    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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