{"id":1480,"date":"2015-03-18T10:35:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T08:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adrianbolboaca.ro\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2020-01-15T17:13:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:13:41","slug":"talk-agile-lean-europe-2014-legacy-code-is-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.adrianbolboaca.ro\/2015\/03\/talk-agile-lean-europe-2014-legacy-code-is-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk: Agile Lean Europe 2014 &#8211; Legacy Code is Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legacy code is fear because we fear the unknown. Learn what you need to learn in order to be less scared about legacy code during this talk.<\/p>\n<p>You are a programmer. Someone from the company comes with an idea to add a feature and they are sure this new feature is very easy to add. And it should be. But the code is old. The code is a mess. Nobody in the firm knows any more that part of the system. You need to change that ugly piece of code. 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Legacy code is fear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_63642\"  width=\"1110\" height=\"624\"  data-origwidth=\"1110\" data-origheight=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hGBy4pAsHuc?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the slides for the talk Legacy Code is Fear:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/38206511\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong> <a title=\"Legacy Code is Fear @ALE Unconference 2014 Krakow 2014 08 21\" href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adibolb\/legacy-code-is-fear-ale-unconference-2014-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legacy Code is Fear @ALE Unconference 2014 Krakow 2014 08 21<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/adibolb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adi Bolboaca<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/drpeterscode.com\/bad-bot-exterminator-protects-wordpress-sites-from-hackers-cyber-ddos-dos-attacks.php\"><img src=\"https:\/\/blog.adrianbolboaca.ro\/wp-content\/plugins\/dpabottomofpostpage\/apixel1x1.jpg\" ><\/a><table><\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legacy code is fear because we fear the unknown. 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