Why do we fall into the rewrite trap?

Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by rb808 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @08:51AM (#22106842)

The most important thing for developers is will they have the skills to get the next job or will they be working on technology that no one wants in a few years time. If FANG companies are hiring people with SPA, JS, Python experience it makes perfect sense to get rid of any technology no matter how well it is working.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by sabana on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @08:56AM (#22106877)

.NET is amazing and very popular right now. Why would anyone get rid of it?

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by rb808 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:15AM (#22107018)

Agreed I like .NET I've modified the original to make it any generic technology that isn't hot in SV.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by pjmlp on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:06AM (#22106952)

Those are the same companies that 5 years down the line discover why all big corporations bet on .NET and Java when performance matters.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:12AM (#22106994)

Big enterprises (corporations and government) have been betting on Java/.NET often without considering performance; they do it because the skills are widespread and the talent is cheap to hire (not necessary low salary, but easy to fill positions.)

That's also why JS/Python is becoming attractive to them now.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by pjmlp on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @09:40AM (#22107256)

They do when accounting sees the cloud renting costs to scale those js/python apps.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by code_sloth on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @10:25AM (#22107706)

"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM", or so the industry said for decades.

But IBM wasn't (always) the best, they were just safe bets. Until the world started changing and they weren't.

.Net and Java have always been good enough. Even today they're good enough for many, many problems.

I probably would not reach for .Net and Java if performance literally mattered.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by marcosdumay on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @02:25PM (#22110485)

> I probably would not reach for .Net and Java if performance literally mattered.

There are many tiers for performance mattering. It is quite possible, and common, for Python to be too slow while .Net is fast enough.

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Re:Why do we fall into the rewrite trap? by james_s_tayler on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:47AM (#22114961)

>"Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM"

Now that I think about it, given this is no longer true, at some point it must have been the case that people started getting fired for buying IBM.

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