The problem, it must be said, is that unlike software engineering, ripping out code is the equivalent of making many, many people homeless, even temporarily, an

The problem, it must be said, is that unlike software engineering, ripping out code is the equivalent of making many, many people homeless, even temporarily, and gutting their history and culture. Sometimes that's the right thing to do, but only sometimes. I have yet to see any kind of cohesive philosophy giving guidelines on when this is okay and when it is not.