On 28/08/2019 15:54, Chase Peeler wrote:
Bottom line is that we live with the not-so-good stuff so that we can focus
on adding new great stuff. The not-so-good stuff isn't holding us back, and
trying to fix things like undeclared variables would have absolutely ZERO
positive effect on our business, which uses this application every day.

This is a classic case of technical debt. It might not bite you in the ass today, tomorrow, or next week, but it will inevitably bite you in the ass at some point, and the longer it's left, the more it's going to hurt when that time comes.

Don't build your business on a foundation of eggshells and then complain when something comes along that makes those eggshells crumble.

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Mark Randall

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