The Big Rewrite
Posted by: K. Scott Allen,
on 27 Jan 2011 |
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Unlike refactoring, a "big code rewrite" bulldozes an entire application and starts over from scratch. Is it ever the right thing to do? In a recent post, Steve Blank says no - never for start ups in a fast moving market (Startup Suicide - Rewriting the Code): CEOs face the rewrite problem at least once in their tenure. If theyre an operating exec brought in to replace a founding technical CEO, then it looks like an easy decision just listen to your engineering VP compare the schedule for...