--- title: The Hidden Dangers of Refactoring [Comic] | daily.dev description: Refactoring software can be tedious but can often be faster than a total rewrite if done carefully and with proper testing. The old code may be ugly but it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-hidden-dangers-of-refactoring-comic--xvs2im16j twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Hidden Dangers of Refactoring [Comic] | daily.dev og:description: Refactoring software can be tedious but can often be faster than a total rewrite if done carefully and with proper testing. The old code may be ugly but it... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-hidden-dangers-of-refactoring-comic--xvs2im16j og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XVs2iM16J.png og:image:alt: The Hidden Dangers of Refactoring [Comic] og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Hidden Dangers of Refactoring [Comic] **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 2 min read · 321 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary Refactoring software can be tedious but can often be faster than a total rewrite if done carefully and with proper testing. The old code may be ugly but it could be holding back ancient bugs. Toggl is a time tracking app that helps users see where their working hours are spent. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@orcdev** · 18 upvotes > You gotta love those ancient bugs from hell :D **@yannou** · 13 upvotes > Nobody expects the spanish depreciation ! **@annoyingscruff** · 10 upvotes > Bored devs decide to rewrite everything from scratch 😂 **@jaguar000212** · 9 upvotes > I am that bored dev 😂 **@krisbor3** · 5 upvotes > Love the post and the visuals --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-hidden-dangers-of-refactoring-comic--xvs2im16j) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Hidden Dangers of Refactoring [Comic]","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-hidden-dangers-of-refactoring-comic--xvs2im16j","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-hidden-dangers-of-refactoring-comic--xvs2im16j"},"datePublished":"2024-06-10T10:11:02.393Z","dateModified":"2024-08-23T14:07:03.033Z","description":"Refactoring software can be tedious but can often be faster than a total rewrite if done carefully and with proper testing. 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