Are the users leaving because of reported severe issues? Are the revenue declining? Can you related revenue decline to reported "severe" issues? Do you know or

Are the users leaving because of reported severe issues? Are the revenue declining? Can you related revenue decline to reported "severe" issues? Do you know or understand the constraints your CEO is working under? While there may be merits to your and developers' concern, you also need to understand the priorities of CEO. I have stopped counting the number of times, I hear developers wanting to redo the current version. Every time, there is a new developer or a developer with new technology/language skill, the rallying cry is always how the current version sucks and we should be rewriting it. CEO priority is to make sure business stays as an on-going concern. S/he can't afford to stop the business so that you can rewrite and make current version look pretty in your favorite framework/ technology/ style of the day. You need to be customer driven and customer focus. As long as customers keep using current version and not leaving, your goal is to delight them enough to keep them from leaving, keep adding value so that they stick around and new ones come onboard. The revenue from customers is what makes the whole thing work from you and CEO continuing to pay bills, get paid what they may be worth on regular basis and may get raises time to time.