I agree. I'm not sure if the system would show a 10x improvement, but every time I've done a rewrite-- usually in the same language as the original-- almost eve

I agree. I'm not sure if the system would show a 10x improvement, but every time I've done a rewrite-- usually in the same language as the original-- almost everything improved dramatically (UX, performance, maintainability, etc). I now think that V1 should be considered throwaway, or at best research intended for exploring and understanding the problem space.