I’ve seen this statement as well and all I can think of is “yeah… right…”
- who and where the person who wrote the original code?
- can you dig in that easily into what’s already coded?
- can you find where to insert your “easy code”?
- can you do that without breaking existing functions?
- can you test it and make sure it won’t brick devices left and right?
- and so on and so on.
thinking clear code for a function is easy enough.
integrating new stuff into existing code when you have no idea what it looks like and fearing you possibly destroy hundreds or thousands of units is fucking nerve-wrecking feeling and I wouldn’t want to be the one to do it.