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REWRITE
– Joel Spolsky, Things You Should Never Do, Part I [2000]
“They did it by making the single worst strategic mistake
that any software company can make: They decided to rewrite the code from
scratch.”
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Net gain: -2Cost of change: 10
Value of change: 8
ETERNAL VERSIONCONSIDERED HARMFUL
COMPETE WITHYOUR VERY BEST IDEAS
It’s easier to justifyimproving what is than to start fresh
– Louis C.K.
“There there’s a huge challenge in not having your old act. But I think you
rise to the occasion. You won’t rise to the occasion if you don’t put a void there: you have to take away
your old material from yourself.”
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