Comment by Brainvillage on 20/01/2025 at 23:52 UTC

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There is this anti-pattern in software, basically a variant of the Dunning-Kruger, where an arrogant engineer confronts a system that they think is overcomplicated, "This is dumb. I'll fix it!" and they start rewriting it from scratch. "Oh I didn't think about that..." they say 100 times as they slowly just rebuild the old system, warts and all.

This is why I am very skeptical anytime someone says something needs a rewrite. Usually when someone says that it just means "I don't understand the full scope of the problem this software is solving."

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