Comments on: From Scratch http://andylaub.com/2007/11/16/from-scratch/ Andy Laub is a designer & developer in central Wisconsin. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1-beta By: PDF http://andylaub.com/2007/11/16/from-scratch/comment-page-1/#comment-5445 PDF Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:50:56 +0000 http://andylaub.com/2007/11/16/from-scratch/#comment-5445 The key word being <em>solid</em> base. Nothing is more frustrating than being expected to work with something that for any number of reasons is just not workable. In that case not starting fresh is essentially just trying to apply a bunch of duct tape as a fix. It also seems there is more to be said for refreshing design than refreshing code, especially if that code wasn't yours originally. While it may not matter as much for certain application code, efficiency on the front end is too important to accept a rework of cruft. The key word being solid base. Nothing is more frustrating than being expected to work with something that for any number of reasons is just not workable. In that case not starting fresh is essentially just trying to apply a bunch of duct tape as a fix.

It also seems there is more to be said for refreshing design than refreshing code, especially if that code wasn’t yours originally. While it may not matter as much for certain application code, efficiency on the front end is too important to accept a rework of cruft.

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