Re:Ask News.YC: Should you rewrite your software from scratch?
by Zak on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @09:02AM
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reddit did, with good results.
I think if you don't have a good idea of what you're doing when you start, you might need to write a throwaway version first, see what works and what doesn't, then write the real app. I suspect in many cases, bottom-up design will reduce the need to rewrite by giving you more opportunities to refactor instead of throwing out the whole thing.
Re:Ask News.YC: Should you rewrite your software from scratch?
by palish on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @11:38AM
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I believe they also rewrote again just recently, and that's why Reddit hasn't seen new features for awhile. But perhaps they can afford it since they've been acquired.
I think if you don't have a good idea of what you're doing when you start, you might need to write a throwaway version first, see what works and what doesn't, then write the real app. I suspect in many cases, bottom-up design will reduce the need to rewrite by giving you more opportunities to refactor instead of throwing out the whole thing.