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That approach is almost guaranteed to introduce bugs into complex systems. It’s fine if you’re doing something directly useful at the same time, but just be aware of the risks.

Though that dependent on what you mean by legacy. If nobody’s touched it in 5+ years it might very well be unchained when the system is completely replaced with something else. It’s well worth adding tests if something is or will be in active development.




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