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Re:Ask HN: How to be productive with big existing code base by aargh_aargh on Thursday February 28, 2019 @04:09AM (#19270064)
Intuitively, I often feel the same.

Joel Spolsky argues against that: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...

The Mythical Man-Month as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-system_effect

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Re:Ask HN: How to be productive with big existing code base by Illniyar on Thursday February 28, 2019 @09:39AM (#19271543)
It's worth mentioning that what both of these are talking about are rewrites using a new project in a all or nothing stake. Iterative rewrites are not subject to these caveats.
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