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Re:The Worst Programmer by tempodox on Sunday September 03, 2023 @04:32AM (#37368739)
But only in theory. In practice you would never get the time to rewrite what “already works”. And objectively, even with the best intentions, every rewrite comes with its own kinds of risks.
Re:The Worst Programmer by jen20 on Sunday September 03, 2023 @12:19PM (#37371619)
Perhaps not at the kind of shop that deserves to go out of business. I do this literally every day from function snippets to entire systems.