Post #45381

I frequently feel that urge to rebuild from ground (specifications) up, to remove the “old bad code” from the context window and get back to the “pure” specification as the source of truth. That only works up to a certain level of complexity. When it works it can be a very fast way to “fix” a batch of issues, but when the problem/solution is big enough the new implementation will have new issues that may take longer to identify as compared with just grinding through the existing issues. Devil whose face you know kind of choice.