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This is a wildly incorrect comment. Literally none of those were rewrites. It’s a completely different scenario to do greenfield implementations in existing ca
by dchuk 5y ago
This is a wildly incorrect comment. Literally none of those were rewrites.
It’s a completely different scenario to do greenfield implementations in existing categories vs managing the literal replacement of existing software with the same thing written in a different language.
- christophilus 5y agoIt’s not an incorrect statement. I’ve been part of successful rewrites. The key is to be your own disruptive competitor. Disruptive competitors are rewrites of your product that you yourself were either unable or unwilling to do. This Joel blogpost is always trotted out as some kind of gospel, and I think it’s stymied a lot of clear thinking around the possible merits of a rebuild.