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My favorite Joel essay: "Things You Should Never Do, Part I" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/f
by fleaflicker 16y ago
My favorite Joel essay: "Things You Should Never Do, Part I"
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
This discussion comes up a lot. People make strong arguments for both approaches.
If you have an established product/business, rewriting is very dangerous. I prefer to refactor aggressively.
- shipit 16y agoI was about to post this very link! It takes upwards of 1 year to get stable and rewriting at that point without considering refactoring and/or creative solutions is cumulative team/company failure.