@ben Well, one day other developers may be saying bad things about you and your code. Or probably that already happened. We all learn by making lots of mistakes. And like you said, the circumstances are not always ideal, there could have been bad management, too tight deadlines, unclear or changing requirements etc.

@lhengstmengel That has definitely happened, but it happens less to me because I'm still around. I find that it's so much easier to throw people who no longer are with the company (or never were) under the bus. I think this is a great idea to expand on, we should all try to remember that even if they are gone, those devs were trying their best. Thank you!