The Quest Begins (The “Why”) I still remember the first day I opened the legacy repo at my last job. The README was a single line: “Good luck. ” Inside, a 5‑kiloline monster lived—a mix of PHP, JavaScript, and a sprinkle of bash that seemed to have been written during a caffeine‑fueled all‑nighter.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/timevolt/refactoring-legacy-code-a-new-hope-5761)