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Developer questions cost-effectiveness of maintaining external codebases

A software developer expressed skepticism about companies choosing to maintain external codebases, arguing it will lead to increased costs and time for modifications. The developer believes that code not developed internally and not adhering to organizational standards will inevitably balloon maintenance expenses. This perspective was shared on Mastodon and received a reply from a BlueSky account. AI

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IMPACT Offers a perspective on the potential long-term costs associated with integrating and maintaining external code, which could influence software development strategies.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an opinion piece from a software developer about the cost of maintaining external codebases.

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Developer questions cost-effectiveness of maintaining external codebases

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    I can't imagine how companies can think that it will be cheaper for their software development team to maintain code that they have not developed themselves and

    I can't imagine how companies can think that it will be cheaper for their software development team to maintain code that they have not developed themselves and that, therefore, does not adhere to the development standards in their organization. Their maintenance costs, and the t…