Re:Startup Suicide -- Rewriting the Code
by kemiller on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @05:53PM
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Depends on what you mean by stable, and what you mean by rewrite. If your end result is buggy and unstable, it's sometimes worth using it as a rough draft and starting over. Ground up rewrites in a successful environment (which was the subject of the article) are usually wrong.
Planned, incremental refactoring or re-architecture can be quite beneficial if done right.
Re:Startup Suicide -- Rewriting the Code
by cageface on Tuesday January 25, 2011 @09:16PM
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Certainly. Continuous & judicious refactoring is the best way to avoid getting into this fix in the first place and is also generally the best way to dig yourself out.
Planned, incremental refactoring or re-architecture can be quite beneficial if done right.