+1 on all fronts. Rewrites/big refactors can be tremendously helpful 3-4 years in a big project's life. At least on the stuff I've worked on, that's around the

+1 on all fronts. Rewrites/big refactors can be tremendously helpful 3-4 years in a big project's life. At least on the stuff I've worked on, that's around the time that accumulated tech debt has built up and the problem domain the we were hoping to solve is now well understood with production traffic.