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In my experience this is an overrated concern. And when it does happen, it's usually accompanied by a rewrite anyway.

• tomrod 5y ago
  Mid and low tail risk applications, certainly. Some applications have regulatory requirements associated with them, especially retention, or otherwise serve critical needs areas.
  • _moof 5y ago
    My experience includes government, consumer unicorns, and new vehicle development in aerospace. I'm familiar with highly regulated and exponential-growth settings.
    • tomrod 5y ago
      Me too! And my experience notes that it is exactly-rated, versus under-rated.
  • refactor_master 5y ago
    > Some applications have regulatory requirements associated with them, especially retention, or otherwise serve critical needs areas. Which is why the choice ends up between “keep a legacy system older than the average age in the IT industry” and “take it apart and start over”.