Post #3087650
2026-04-03 00:17 UTC
2. All things being equal, accreted code is more likely to be correct than modified code (because the code that existed beforehand might be depended upon in multiple unrelated places)
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@chrisjrn@social.coop 2026-04-03 00:19
3. All things being equal, smaller codebases are less complex and easier to interpret than accreted code: accreted code "lithifies" (cf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3nJR7PNgI4) over time.