7 Secrets of Maintainable Codebases

Discover novel techniques for managing large codebases in this 39-minute conference talk from GOTO Stockholm 2016. Learn to identify critical code for system maintenance, prioritize improvements, and make sense of complex software architectures. Explore concepts like behavioral data, change distribution, hotspots, and logical coupling. Gain insights into analyzing architectures, understanding social aspects of development, and addressing challenges when key team members leave. Apply these seven secrets to enhance the maintainability of your codebase and improve your software development practices.

Introduction
Let's Turn The Microscope
Behavioural Data
The challenges of Scale
Change Distribution of Files
Focus on the Code that Matters
Hotspots in Roslyn
Prioritize with Hotspots
Where's the Gorilla in your Code?
The Cost of Surprise
Physical Coupling
Logical Coupling
Analyzing Architectures
A Social View of Clojure
Excess Parallel Work?
Why Hotspots stay where they are
A Main Developer leaves Scala