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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by BurningFrog on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @01:03AM (#23399938)
I'd suspect anyone who claims that is a bit full of himself. Maybe their work isn't so great to other people.

Or maybe it is. I won't rule it out.

But I also think that anyone who does this probably works too hard. It's so much easier to build things incrementally.

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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by collyw on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @04:20AM (#23401195)
>It's so much easier to build things incrementally.

I would say its much easier if you know what you are building in advance. Building incrementally is usually more about exploring ambiguous ideas and not having a clear vision in my experience.

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Re:Refactor vs. Rewrite by BurningFrog on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @11:39AM (#23404595)
I'm always building something I've never built before. And the requirements always change as you go.

So knowing what I'm building in advance never really happens.

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