Although it’s often managers that are criticized for the counter-productive habit of squelching refactoring in the name of speed, I’ve often seen developers do it to themselves. Sometimes, they think they shouldn’t be refactoring even though their leadership is actually in favor. If you’re a tech lead in a team, it’s important to show team members that you value improving the health of a code base. That judgment I mentioned earlier on whether to refactor or not is something that takes years of experience to build up. Those with less experience in refactoring need lots of mentoring to
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