Refactor vs Rebuild: New Years make New Beginnings
We’re at that time of year where everyone wants to start something new. We have a flood of articles and…
Tag: rebuild
A Foundation or an Anchor?
Once you have code out the door, once you have customers, once you have people actually wanting to give you…
Never Rebuild!?
When I wrote about the Broken Window Fallacy in Software Development a while back, it appears that there were a…
The Broken Window Fallacy in Software
While I don't consider myself an economic genius, I like to think that I have an understanding of base principles*.…
The Bionic App: We Can Rebuild It, We Have the Technology
All slides are Creative Commons licensed…. give me credit, modify as needed, you can't use them commercially. If you caught…
ZendCon 2007 Presentation – The Bionic App
I received word late on Friday afternoon, one of my presentation proposals for ZendCon 2007 was accepted: The Bionic App…
Wheel 2.0: Look Before You Leap
About six months ago, I started work on a small PHP project. It involved a relatively simple concept with an…
[Admin] I love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning
For those of you who have been lurking around here for the past couple years, you've noticed very few changes…
Website Refactoring
I was recently involved in a CMS evaluation for a rather large client. Their needs were relatively simple but overall…
Scrapping It All vs A Salvage Operation
An interesting discussion is going on over at Joel on Software forums. It all stems from Joel's premise of Don't…