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		vitallan 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Computer science courses that don't exist, but sho... something on the lines of "software paleontology" where you learn how to deal with REALLY legacy software think about decompile java apps that don't even have the original version control anymore, change it, and deploy it again

joquarky 3 days ago [–]

...deploy it again straight to prod because there aren't any other environments. Prepare to swap back quickly if something goes wrong.

Yep, I've been there.

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