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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Someone would have to look at and understand the existing code and infrastructure rather than just throwing it all away and writing a data migration. In other words, it would never happen.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

It would have to be more like an unsolved mysteries show with a dramatic reenactment and a developer giving all the ugly details with a blacked out face and voice changer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Op wrote software development, but the example is more infrastructure focused. Which is a lot easier to parse