Ask HN: It's becoming easier to rebuild than to fix. Awesome or Dangerous?

7 points | by bamboriz 7 hours ago

4 comments

  • austin-cheney 7 hours ago
    The zenith of bad architecture. For people confident enough to use a helper (ai, framework, code generator) but not confident enough to independently plan large original applications it will always be cheaper to start over every time than maintain software at scale, but that doesn’t make it cheap.
  • jfengel 2 hours ago
    Oh, I thought perhaps you were referring to the country.
  • d--b 7 hours ago
    Who says is easier to rebuild than to fix?

    The rebuild vs fix problem depends a lot on the state of the codebase and on the inherent complexity of what the system actually does.

    • codegladiator 6 hours ago
      > Who says is easier to rebuild than to fix?

      People who don't understand the codebase

  • tomcam 5 hours ago
    Can you give an example or two?