Legacy: Rewrite cannot support

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The talk examines working with legacy codebases ("legacy") that consume development resources and lack a single fix. It describes accumulated practical lessons on what not to do when dealing with legacy systems and presents a detailed, successful case study of removing legacy from a real project, aiming to help teams stuck or unsure how to approach legacy modernization.

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" chapters (6)

1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:38Legacy definition and sources
3. 12:00Fighting legacy
4. 27:18Isolating code and removing legacy
5. 31:11Case: treating severe legacy
6. 57:31Q&A

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