"When stuck with a legacy code base you’ll hear the claim “We’ll have to rewrite this from scratch in order to fix it!” It sounds promising. You start with a clean slate. You can do all the good stuff without all the mistakes. The only problem: It doesn’t work. Here is why.
- What every you might think of the code base and the developers that created it: They weren’t stupid nor evil. So chances are the results of your work will look just as ugly in two years from now.
- You don’t know the requirements: Part of the reason legacy code bases are ugly is that requirements change. There is no reason for you to assume this won’t stop.So chances are the results of your work will look just as ugly in two years from now.
- You don’t have the time: As long as the rewrite isn’t done, you’ll need to maintain and probably evolve the current application. If it is of any importance, you can’t ignore it for the months to come. If you can you should do so without wasting your time with a rewrite.
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oy! this smart fellow hit the ole' nail the head! right as rain he is -
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