On: Red Flags Signaling That a Rebuild Will Fail

[perlgeek]

> And you should be able to identify at least half a dozen features in the last 3 categories that you can commit to cutting.

Ideally, you disable them in the old software, and observe how many people complain.

Too often, product management commits to cutting a feature, and then caves in when paying customers complain. It's best to know in advance which category a feature really falls in.

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Ideally, disabling features in the old software is not so complicated that a rewrite suddenly sounds even more enticing. /s