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		jimbokun 16 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former... I’m a developer and if a team spent five months only refactoring with zero features added I would fire you too. Refactoring and quality improvements must happen incrementally and in parallel with shipping new features and fixing bugs.

bmurphy1976 16 days ago | [–]

I'm a director and one of our teams just spent 8 months doing just that and it was totally justified. They're finally coming up for air and the foundation is significantly improved.

There's nuance here. Every project/team/org is different.

eviks 15 days ago | [–]

Welcome to Microsoft! Enjoy the ever-growing backlog of bugs to fix!

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