wikiwiki seems to be having trouble moving to github. Here's wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20190821162524/https://wiki.c2.com/?PlanToThrowOneAway https://

wikiwiki seems to be having trouble moving to github. Here's wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20190821162524/https://wiki.c2.com/?PlanToThrowOneAway https://web.archive.org/web/20190821162524/https://wiki.c2.c... And the bit you referenced: "This I now perceived to be wrong, not because it is too radical, but because it is too simplistic. The biggest mistake in the 'Build one to throw away' concept is that it implicitly assumes the classical sequential or waterfall model of software construction." You don't have to throw everything away. Like reusing libraries, you can reuse your modules, or whatever code you like. It's the part that is a tangled Gordian Knot that is easier to cut than meticulously unravel. "Starting with a clean slate" is a common idea in many contexts. One very similar to code is writing. You can hack and edit, but a fresh draft is easier (and safer) for fundamental conceptual and structural changes. BTW "Waterfall" was a parody of processes, though the conceptual aspects (requirements vs specifications etc) are useful. People then were just as intelligent as today. Maybe more.