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I like Joel Spolsky's take on software rewrites. He never mentions Chesterton but he's thinking along the same lines - old code is a collection of fixes to pro
by mark-r 5y ago
I like Joel Spolsky's take on software rewrites. He never mentions Chesterton but he's thinking along the same lines - old code is a collection of fixes to problems that real people had. You throw it out at your peril.
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...