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Ratchets in software development (2021)
So there's a thing we use at work which I call a ratchet. In our codebase, there are "patterns" which we used to use all the time, but we decided to stop using them, but removing all of the existing instances at once is too much work. We want to remove all of these instances eve...
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Jan 29, 2026 | Ratchets in software development (2021) by nvader | 114 | 40 |
