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Sometimes you have to rewrite from scratch when the original is broken beyond repair and institutional knowledge is lost.

A young dev may have an easier time seeing this.



Devs should not recommend rewrites until they have a workable plan on how to move forward without a rewrite, so they can compare the costs of rewrite vs. no rewrite.




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