There's No Limit to How Bad Code Can Get

What happened

Metaphors like "a sinking ship" are often used to describe codebases, but are misleading. A _business_ will sink long before code quality reaches a hypothetical floor. Technical debt has no bankruptcy, no clean reset, so metaphors that imply an end provide a false sense of security.

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Timeline

1. 14:13
   First appeared on Hacker NewsHHacker News
2. 02:05
   Discussion started on LobstersLLobsters

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