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Why we picked it A short, blunt warning from the creator of Rails. DHH argues that rewriting a working application from scratch in one big bang rarely succeeds, and points you toward evolving the system instead. It is a quick gut check to read before you commit your small team to months in a rewrite tunnel.
Thinking about The Big Rewrite?
From dhh.dk by David Heinemeier Hansson 5 min read
- Big-bang rewrites of working apps usually fail
- You underestimate how much the old code actually does
- Evolve the existing system rather than restarting it
