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RKG writes about engineering leadership and company strategy, with posts on hiring, focus, AI, and building supportive teams.
What HN saysHN comments quote its view that migrations are continuous rather than discrete processes, in discussions of legacy code and team practices.
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zuhayeer · 2022-02-17
"I’ve encountered so many teams who say that migration will happen “next quarter.” The reality is that, even when they manage to finally start, migrations have become continuous, rather than discrete, processes. A 99% Developer team with legacy code and a lean team is probably never going to convert their entire code base over to microservices or GraphQL. For most organizations, tech stacks and tool chains are heterogeneous, a combination of the layers of languages, frameworks, and tools that have been picked up over the years."
Generally observed that the less you see engineering as an ideal state or set of standards, and rather as a living and breathing organism in your company, the easier your life will be. If you're ever working on a 100% refactor of something to a new framework or system, chances are you're not focused enough on the top line problems at your company. Which is related to https://rkg.blog/desperation-induced-focus.php