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I work as a consultant for companies with billions in revenue and from what I see it definitely matters. Re-writes simply don't happen that often. Maybe for t

I work as a consultant for companies with billions in revenue and from what I see it definitely matters. Re-writes simply don't happen that often. Maybe for the pure venture capital SV tech companies you mentioned, but many companies are not in that bucket. Making good engineering choices from the beginning matters a lot.

jacobolus 5y ago
Rewrites may not happen that often, but plenty of large-scale corporate tech projects flail for years without ever reaching a functional state. If the choice is between a sub-optimally performant but working system, or a boondoggle that never gets off the ground, the “better engineering choice” is probably the former.