1. REWRITE

5. – Joel Spolsky, Things You Should Never Do, Part I [2000]
“They did it by making the
single worst strategic mistake
that any software company can make:
They decided to rewrite the code from
scratch.”

6. TRANSCENDENT
SOFTWARE

10. 😃
😐
😠

11. Net gain: -2
Cost of change: 10
Value of change: 8

15. ETERNAL VERSION
CONSIDERED HARMFUL

19. COMPETE WITH
YOUR VERY BEST IDEAS

20. It’s easier to justify
improving what is
than to start fresh

21. – Louis C.K.
“There there’s a huge challenge in not
having your old act. But I think you
rise to the occasion. You won’t rise
to the occasion if you don’t put a
void there: you have to take away
your old material from yourself.”

23. Help people
make progress
on projects together

29. HONOR
YOUR LEGACY

36. Q&A