You're not going to have serious progress for a year. The DB is borked, so you have no foundation at all.
Software Engineering is serious business, there's bugs, new features, maintenance, testing, etc. They failed to manage their code. You need to be realistic that with a team of 2-5 people it could take years to fix.
It might be best to put it out of its misery if they can't hold off their clients demands and buy you the time needed to rebuild it.
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You're not going to have serious progress for a year. The DB is borked, so you have no foundation at all.
Software Engineering is serious business, there's bugs, new features, maintenance, testing, etc. They failed to manage their code. You need to be realistic that with a team of 2-5 people it could take years to fix.
It might be best to put it out of its misery if they can't hold off their clients demands and buy you the time needed to rebuild it.