The monster under the bed - working with legacy code

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Argues that legacy code can be an asset and lays out a practical migration path: add tests (unit and integration), wrap functionality with APIs, split a monolith into smaller front ends, and use feature switching to deploy safely. Recommends incremental work — one pull request at a time — and keeping new code clean. Describes replacing a Classic ASP store with APIs and parallel frontends that enable independent releases, translations, and gradual retirement of the old system.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:10Different cultures
3. 0:28folklore
4. 1:07introduction
5. 1:37what is legacy code
6. 2:20all code becomes legacy code
7. 2:41a different message
8. 3:33attitude
9. 4:17practical aspects
10. 6:55company history
11. 8:37what worked

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