That was an excellent blogpost. This whole discussion reminds me of Joel’s Single Biggest mistake software developers do: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/0

That was an excellent blogpost. This whole discussion reminds me of Joel’s Single Biggest mistake software developers do: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-... Namely, rewriting software is hard because the years of subtle complexity aren’t immediately apparent and hard to get right the second time (at least harder than first thought).