The author is nearing the end of a contract and wants to discuss coding issues they encountered during the development of a particular solution and other projects. Their goal is to provide valuable insights to improve the codebase of the current project. They reflect on the initial state of the codebase when they joined the team and how it has evolved during their tenure. The author’s objective is to leave the code, project, and team in a better state than when they started. They were hired to enhance performance and code quality. The author also mentions that they have noticed common coding issues in multiple projects and this article aims to provide statistics and highlight these prevalent issues.