Comments on: NIH > IH or Castle ActiveRecord Rocks

By: David Fauber

David Fauber — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:34:22 +0000

"During the debate they asked me how I would feel about replacing a ton of code I wrote, and I tried to convince them that I would be ecstatic! "

Haha, this brought a smile to my face.

By: Ben Scheirman

Ben Scheirman — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:24:11 +0000

It’s also important to stress that while a different approach might yield 10x less code, that’s code they’ve already invested in (good or bad) and they already have it.

I think you’ll find more success if you target the pain points, such as the cost of adding the next feature, or the cost of vNext, etc… then you can start to paint a picture using $’s rather than LOCs.

I hope you have success though, this is is a all-too-familiar situation

By: Scott Watermasysk

Scott Watermasysk — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:42:58 +0000

I get myself in trouble all the time because I am more than willing delete/rebuild/etc anyone’s code (including my own .

I think the ability to scrap something when it is not “right” even if you are personally invested in a vital quality in software development (and life).

There are of course the people who always want to re-do it for the sake of making it perfect which is a different kind of problem.

Have you ever read “The Dip”? My favorite quote from it is “Average is for losers”. Kind of fits IMO.