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These disasters always come after "ground up" rewrites. The lesson has been clear since Netscape almost imploded in the 90s, evolve the existing code - don't r
by slededit 9y ago
These disasters always come after "ground up" rewrites. The lesson has been clear since Netscape almost imploded in the 90s, evolve the existing code - don't rewrite.
- mbell 9y agoThat's largely due to 'failure bias'. You hear a lot more about failed rewrites than you do successful ones. I've been involved with a number of full rewrites over the years and all of them ended up greatly improving the product and development process.
- slededit 9y agoHow large were these products? I've also experienced rewrites that went somewhat successfully, but I can't say we wouldn't have been better off upgrading the existing code in place.