The Survivor's Bias
If a COBOL mainframe is still running global banking after 50 years, it is not "broken"—it is arguably the most successful piece of software in existence. We respect Legacy Systems as the bedrock of digital civilization.
Chesterton's Fence
Before tearing down a legacy system (the "fence"), one must understand why it was built in the first place. Myceloom advocates for a "conservationist" approach to legacy code: refactoring with respect, wrapping rather than ripping, and acknowledging the Tacit Knowledge embedded within the messy lines of old code.