Co-founder chemistry with Scott Ford

In the previous episode, Scott Ford, the co-founder and CTO of Corgibytes, a company focused on modernizing legacy code, sharedHis interest in legacy codePatterns he has seen evolve in solution development over the yearsUsing metaphors of archeology and home renovation in the context of understanding and breathing new life into old softwareAnd moreThis is the second part of the conversation with Scott Ford, where he sharesThe origins of his company corgibytes, with a focus on helping companies take something that already exists and make it betterThis includes analyzing the structure of the code, test suites etc or the way the teams are structured and workflows, to help address a business needHow his team focuses on the craft more than the urgency to ship something out quicklyHe talks of the mindsets for makers and menders in the software development spaceThat it is no a binary, but more of a spectrum that one can and may need to move inMany makers may want to move on after 80%, when they may be bored; the menders can step in and help complete the remaining 20%Why he felt the need to have a co-founder and how he found the ideal partner, in business and lifeHow he started with developing websites and small apps, and then pivoted to the current focusThe process they have evolved over the years for the inspection and understanding existing codeUsing Cyclomatic complexity, duplication of code, coverage, churn etc, to identify hotspotsHis career tipsM. Scott Ford is the Co-Founder & CTO of Corgibytes, where he has quietly led a software maintenance revolution for the past decade. Where most people find nothing but frustration, shame, and bugs in legacy code, Scott has centered his work around his genuine love of software modernization and helping others use joy, empathy, and technical excellence to make their systems more stable, scalable, and secure. Scott’s ideas have been featured in books such as The Innovation Delusion and as a guest lecturer at Harvard University. Scott is the author of three courses on LinkedIn Learning and he is the host of the Legacy Code Rocks! Podcast.https://www.linkedin.com/in/mscottford/