SWE Internship Survival Guide [Part 10] - Understanding The Codebase

Understanding a large codebase can feel overwhelming at first, but you don’t need to master everything to make an impact. Here are the core points from the lesson:

• Use the Pareto principle to focus on the small portion of code that matters most for your project rather than trying to understand everything
• Avoid getting stuck reading docs and aim to quickly build the code, add logs, and view th