> Deep architectural/design flaws in a codebase can't always be addressed using a series of small independent changes.
Not sure that's true. At the extreme end, you introduce a replacement with a better architecture and run it side by side with the old one, incrementally switching over dependents. Of course, that may take more overall work, but maybe the incrementality is sometimes worth it.
Not sure that's true. At the extreme end, you introduce a replacement with a better architecture and run it side by side with the old one, incrementally switching over dependents. Of course, that may take more overall work, but maybe the incrementality is sometimes worth it.