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Reading this like: "Hey, our previous backend was a total turd, technically speaking." It might be trivial to speed up your own crappy first implementation 20x
by wardb 14y ago
Reading this like: "Hey, our previous backend was a total turd, technically speaking." It might be trivial to speed up your own crappy first implementation 20x with some extra TLC.
- rhizome 14y agoLike a lot of contemporary online companies, they might be skimping on sysadmins.
- cmccabe 14y agoyeah, but it's easier politically to rewrite it in a newer language. If you rewrite it in the same language, then you have to explain your rewrite as cleaning up someone's braindead mistakes-- someone who might still work there. If you rewrite it in a different language, then you get to blame the old language and framework for all the problems. No harm, no foul-- and you get to put the new shiny thing on your resume.