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Apr 2, 2022 · Fundamentals
Why Developers Spend Most of Their Time Understanding Existing Systems
The article explains that, despite decades of research, developers still devote the majority of their work to comprehending legacy code and system architecture, highlighting studies that show roughly 58‑67% of effort is spent on program comprehension rather than building new features.
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