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Well, they worked for them, so why should they?

I think the parent means that is still how we do software, eg. coyping resembling code and modifying it until it does what we want.

And I mean "If it works for modern devs too, so?"

The parent isn't saying it is bad practice.

For OP’s personal projects? Meh, it works but will sometimes cause you problems. For a team of 10+ software devs? Disaster!