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[โ€“] brezelradar@feddit.de 30 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just rewrite it with 80% functionality and force migrations on the users. Once the remaining 20% "edge cases" that require serious effort hop to the next job - where you where hired to "maintain" such a system and "just add a small feature here and there". Ooops.

[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 14 points 7 months ago

Reddit: You're hired!