Using the example of a simple, but very complexly written component, Serhiy will try to analyze the best practices of combating the worst practices and will try together with the audience to determine the same line between common sense and the desire to do everything perfectly.

A short story about the horrors we had to face while working on someone else's code, how we managed to master ourselves and start simultaneously adding new features and slowly modernizing the old ones. About how to understand a week in four pages and why legacy is not always bad, but on the contrary — a great opportunity to pump yourself up.

This talk aims to guide PHP developers through the process of overcoming the problem of unwieldy classes by employing effective structuring, refactoring techniques, and industry best practices