TAKES
When should we rewrite it?
Everyone agrees it needs a rewrite. Nobody agrees which one.
EVERYONE'S RIGHT
Every answer
AlexThe Architect“Before it stops working. Ideally on purpose.”
JoThe Cowboy“After the replacement works. In prod. Mostly.”
RileyThe Minimalist“When it stops working. Not before.”
TaylorThe AI Native“The agent already started. It's at 40%.”
MorganThe Threat Modeler“When we can't patch it anymore.”
ChrisThe Sovereign“When upstream is dead and nobody forked it. Then we fork it.”
PatThe Enterprise Adult“When the vendor ends support. We have the date.”
MayaThe Explorer“What if we rewrite it and pivot at the same time?”
NoraThe User Advocate“When users have built their own workarounds too.”
LéoThe Maximalist“When nobody has fun touching it anymore.”
RuthThe Maintainer“You're looking at the rewrite. From 2011.”
GregThe Hedger“Let's run both in parallel. For now.”