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In essence, Basecamp has a well-maintained legacy system that they keep patching up because it doesn't make sense businesswise to rewrite it from scratch using

by itwy 9y ago

In essence, Basecamp has a well-maintained legacy system that they keep patching up because it doesn't make sense businesswise to rewrite it from scratch using modern methodologies. Good for them, I do that myself but be careful going down that path if you are starting a new project and you have the resources/experience to have a more solid/correct foundation with proper separation of concerns.

simple_sally 9y ago
Hmm not so sure. I may be wrong but I am pretty sure every major version of Basecamp has been a ground-up re-write of the app.
meesterdude 9y ago
Just because they have different ideas and opinions than yours, does not make them in any way wrong or legacy, or unsolid or incorrect. Also, basecamp has been rewritten 3 times.
- itwy 9y ago
  Try to discuss the idea not my personal opinion.
  - learc83 9y ago
    The central argument of your post appears to be based solely on personal opinion because you provided no evidence to back it up. meesterdude provided evidence that runs counter to that opinion. I'm not sure what you're complaining about.
    - itwy 9y ago
      He's parroting what they said. "rewritten"... more like revamped.
      - meesterdude 9y ago
        > That’s really the bottom line here: We rewrote Basecamp from scratch and it turned out great! https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3856-the-big-rewrite-revisited https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3856-the-big-rewrite-revisite...
      - learc83 9y ago
        You're not really responding to my argument, which I'll state again: Your argument and your opinion are indistinguishable because you haven't supported your argument with anything other than opinion. "rewritten"... more like revamped. You still haven't supported this. Why do you believe it was "revamped" instead of "rewritten"? What are you basing this on?
  - dang 9y ago
    Would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and do a better job of abiding by the rules here? Please post civilly and substantively, or not at all.

by itwy 9y ago

simple_sally 9y ago

Hmm not so sure. I may be wrong but I am pretty sure every major version of Basecamp has been a ground-up re-write of the app.

meesterdude 9y ago

Just because they have different ideas and opinions than yours, does not make them in any way wrong or legacy, or unsolid or incorrect. Also, basecamp has been rewritten 3 times.

itwy 9y ago
Try to discuss the idea not my personal opinion.
- learc83 9y ago
  The central argument of your post appears to be based solely on personal opinion because you provided no evidence to back it up. meesterdude provided evidence that runs counter to that opinion. I'm not sure what you're complaining about.
  - itwy 9y ago
    He's parroting what they said. "rewritten"... more like revamped.
    - meesterdude 9y ago
      > That’s really the bottom line here: We rewrote Basecamp from scratch and it turned out great! https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3856-the-big-rewrite-revisited https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3856-the-big-rewrite-revisite...
    - learc83 9y ago
      You're not really responding to my argument, which I'll state again: Your argument and your opinion are indistinguishable because you haven't supported your argument with anything other than opinion. "rewritten"... more like revamped. You still haven't supported this. Why do you believe it was "revamped" instead of "rewritten"? What are you basing this on?
- dang 9y ago
  Would you please read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and do a better job of abiding by the rules here? Please post civilly and substantively, or not at all.