The best, worst codebase (Interview)
Jimmy Miller talks to us about his experience with a legacy codebase at his first job as a programmer. The codebase was massive, with hundreds of thousands of lines of C# and Visual Basic, and a database with over 1,000 columns. Let’s just say Jimmy got into some stuff. There’s even a Gilfoyle involved. This episode is all about his adventures while working there.
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Featuring:
- Jimmy Miller – Twitter, GitHub, Website
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Show Notes:
- The best, worst codebase
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