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https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...

• gregors 3y ago
  Remember when they rewrote their app and blogged about it? I do! https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/04/11/our-net-strategy/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/04/11/our-net-strategy/
  • selcuka 3y ago
    It was a (slow) migration, though, not a rewrite from scratch. They kept shipping software.
    • gregors 3y ago
      Exactly my point. The way the vast majority of rewrites happen.
      • karmajunkie 3y ago
        yep, that’s the right way to do it.
• Aeolun 3y ago
  I shouldn’t, but all these posts read like distant history to me with Fog Creek gone.
• amenghra 3y ago
  As if source code rusted except in this case, Netscape's descendant did rust -- in a different way.