Classic Joel Spolsky:
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...
> the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make:
> rewrite the code from scratch.
Steve Yegge talks about this exact post a lot - how it stayed correct advice for over 25 years - up until October 2025.
Steve Yegge talks about this exact post a lot - how it stayed correct advice for over 25 years - up until October 2025.