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Legacy Software: A Goldmine

Legacy software often comes with historical decisions, prior mistakes, and previous successes. Engaging with these systems isn’t merely a journey through old code, but a rich learning experience waiting to be unwrapped. Let’s go into the not-so-obvious perks of working with legacy systems. Gaining Insights Mistakes, they say, are the portals of discovery. When we venture through legacy systems, we’re exploring the mistakes of the past. They…

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On Writing Wrapper Libraries

A wrapper library is a thin layer of abstraction around an existing library, dependency, or functionality. A wrapper library offers a better and cleaner interface or rather hides the dependency or library. Writing a wrapper library can be a hard decision since it requires more work and expands the project scope. On the other hand, it has long-term benefits like better validation, good default parameters, and the…

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