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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

left the company shortly after the project was finished.

That's a short way of saying: the original team was partially downsized, primary functions were offshored to a disengaged team in a different timezone, and a bunch of conflicting requirements were piled on to version 2.