[redrove]

> But in all systems up to now, for each part of the system, somebody knew how it worked.

If the project is legacy or the people just left the company that’s just not true.

[youarentrightjr]

> If the project is legacy or the people just left the company that’s just not true.

Yeah, that's why I said "knew" instead of "knows".

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Which is why such code is routinely thrown away and rewritten from scratch or just not really touched at all.