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"Don't rewrite an application from scratch. There is absolutely no reason to believe that you are going to do a better job than you did the first time." -- Joel
by janwillemb 10y ago
"Don't rewrite an application from scratch. There is absolutely no reason to believe that you are going to do a better job than you did the first time." -- Joel on Software, Things You Should Never Do, Part I [1]
[1] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...
- tonyedgecombe 10y agoI do like that article but have ignored it several times for good reasons.
- pythonaut_16 10y agoI think a better interpretation of the title/article is "Don't assume that rewriting from scratch will fix all of your problems"