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Discussion on: How a single JSON file could become your entire code base

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Samuel

I worked at a multibillion dollar company that had a single Google sheet control software operations. It was done this way so finance, sales, and C-level emoyees could configure our platform. Even if it was only dev controlling it, the adapter code for it grew exponentially with each update request. It ended up being a nightmare for everyone and eventually the company restructured communication to avoid that mess in the future.

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Zelcion The Dev

Yeah, I think this emphasizes the problem of "good code" accessibility, It's hard even for a multi billion dollar company.

For this specific kind of issue though, I'd say the problem was with the lack of a predictable interface. Can't say for sure since I don't know the code...