One might want to reread this from time to time.

"They did it by making the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make:

They decided to rewrite the code from scratch." by @spolsky

https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/

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Things You Should Never Do, Part I

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