Bad Code Is Kudzu

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Cultivation of the Vines, Henri MartinKudzu is a plant that was once introduced from East Asia to the eastern United States as a way to combat soil erosion. But, kudzu, once introduced, grows aggressively and can overtake sidewalks, houses, foundations, and even trees. The only way to kill kudzu is to prune it aggressively, as a concentrated strategy enacted together by all the people who live near where the kudzu grows. You know where I’m going with this. An app feature, once added to a codebase, can be extremely hard to remove.

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