Nobody loves to work on legacy code because it can be a confusing endeavor; at best, it’s time-consuming. But do we now live with the huge repercussions and costs of retaining and utilizing legacy codes as they are?
Legacy code is usually always associated with technical debt—the cost of achieving fast release and optimal speed-to-market time; however, at the expense of providing quality and durable code that will still need to be revamped later. According to Hitachi consulting research, legacy systems hampered the efficiency of at least 90 percent of organizations.