Re:Ask HN: How to be productive with big existing code base
by yoz-y on Thursday February 28, 2019 @04:14AM
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I'd say that you can make a better design, sure. But the implementation will almost always be worse at least for some time. An old codebase carries tons of bug fixes and workarounds, they may not be elegant, but they make it more stable.
A new reimplementation, albeit cleaner, will almost always be buggier.
A new reimplementation, albeit cleaner, will almost always be buggier.