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In re-reading some of my (many) older blog posts about the CEGMA tool, I came across this one which I wrote over a decade ago. However, I think this contains some advice which remains relevant for anyone who is involved in maintaining a software project (especially if you didn't write the original code!):

https://www.acgt.me/blog/2014/5/19/developing-cegma-how-working-on-old-code-can-drive-you-mad-and-some-tips-on-how-to-avoid-this

Let me repeat the six tips in that article:

#genomics #software #ProjectManagement #CodeDevelopment #documentation #bioinformatics

In re-reading some of my (many) older blog posts about the CEGMA tool, I came across this one which I wrote over a decade ago. However, I think this contains some advice which remains relevant for anyone who is involved in maintaining a software project (especially if you didn't write the original code!):

https://www.acgt.me/blog/2014/5/19/developing-cegma-how-working-on-old-code-can-drive-you-mad-and-some-tips-on-how-to-avoid-this

Let me repeat the six tips in that article:

#genomics #software #ProjectManagement #CodeDevelopment #documentation #bioinformatics