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Sep 18, 2024 1 hr 24 min

The best, worst codebase (Changelog Interviews #609)

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Jimmy Miller talks to us about his experience with a legacy codebase at his first job as a programmer. The codebase was massive, with hundreds of thousands of lines of C# and Visual Basic, and a database with over 1,000 columns. Let's just say Jimmy got into some stuff. There's even a Gilfoyle involved. This episode is all about his adventures while working there.

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The best, worst codebase (Changelog Interviews #609)

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  1. 0:00 This is The Changelog
  2. 1:31 Sponsor: Assembly AI
  3. 3:52 Start the show!!
  4. 9:13 The company
  5. 11:49 How did we get here?
  6. 16:44 Let's go back to the columns
  7. 25:06 The Secret Service busted in my door
  8. 34:36 Sponsor: Supabase
  9. 38:00 The Calendar
  10. 43:44 Why stay?
  11. 54:43 What about ops?
  12. 1:03:50 Sponsor: Speakeasy
  13. 1:04:39 Sponsor: Test Double
  14. 1:07:55 Gilfoyle the thing
  15. 1:09:14 Dead codebases
  16. 1:11:28 The beautiful mess
  17. 1:14:56 Talking to users
  18. 1:19:53 Wrapping up
  19. 1:21:21 Closing thoughts and stuff

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