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The urge to throw out the code and rewrite from scratch almost always costs more than you think: why we underestimate the real price and when it actually makes sense.
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Title Rewriting from scratch: 'hold my beer'
The urge to throw out the code and rewrite from scratch almost always costs more than you think: why we underestimate the real price and when it actually makes sense.
Work type Article
Tags blog, software engineering, programming, opinion, software development
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Entry date Apr 9, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC
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Author. Holder Lino Figueroa Villar. Date Apr 9, 2026.
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