Not only does that metaphor not hold up (is UX obsolete in your opinion?), it's absolutely false. This is software after all - surely you're aware how throwing

Not only does that metaphor not hold up (is UX obsolete in your opinion?), it's absolutely false. This is software after all - surely you're aware how throwing out the old solution and trying to build a "better" one results in a long slog of making the same mistakes the old team/product made and fixed (but could have warned you about if they were kept around).