Post #3087673
2026-04-03 06:29 UTC
@chrisjrn@social.coop Many projects historically have grown in complexity past the point that maintenance and adding features were tolerable. Someone makes the call to rewrite from scratch, even though it's expensive.
The difference now is the initial code was faster/cheaper to begin with, as is the cost to rewrite from scratch. Code will more quickly get to the rewrite-from-scratch point, and when adding a feature hits that point, teams will be more likely to take that route. Fast fashion.
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@chrisjrn@social.coop 2026-04-03 15:19
@kyle@mastodon.kylerank.in Yeah, I think I agree that rewrites will become more likely. I think the second-order costs (reintegration, adjusting to a new system design) are unlikely to change, and the question is going to be how people adjust to the resulting (and increased) instability. The key difference: the second-order costs of fast fashion are all externalised; with reimplementation, it's felt directly by the consumer.