Episode 107: Rebuilding vs. Rewriting vs. Refactoring?
Jeffrey and Isaac dive into a comment made by Allen Holub to 'rebuild' instead of 'rewriting' legacy software and dive into the terminology. Show Notes: Allen Holub's thread mentioned: https://bsky.app/profile/allenholub.bsky.social/post/3lmcyvi3kag2f Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Legacy Systems and Rebuilding 02:56 The Ship of Theseus Metaphor in Software Development 05:29 Building New Products vs. Rewriting Old Ones 08:13 Iterative Improvement and Customer Feedback 10:24 Defining New Products in Software Development 12:29 The Importance of Distinct Terminology