Lessons Learned from Software Rewrites

Re:Lessons Learned from Software Rewrites by Ace17 on Monday September 05, 2016 @01:17AM (#12428278)

Joel Spolsky has a very nice writeup about the subject, "Things You Should Never Do, part 1":

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

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Re:Lessons Learned from Software Rewrites by 35bge57dtjku on Monday September 05, 2016 @03:19AM (#12428656)

From the guy who had a new language invented instead of re-writing something...

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Re:Lessons Learned from Software Rewrites by hinkley on Monday September 05, 2016 @03:52AM (#12428771)

I think Joel's articles were probably best when they convinced you of something you knew but hadn't articulated yet. If you aren't there yet I don't know that he always delivers.

And if he's selling an idea you've already abandoned, he can leave you flat for sure. His strength is in introductions, not reconciliations,

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Re:Lessons Learned from Software Rewrites by tonyedgecombe on Monday September 05, 2016 @06:26AM (#12429301)

Binary advice is rarely useful, you should never rewrite, you should have 100% test coverage, you should only hire graduates and on and on.

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