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(Preorder) The Rewrite Trap Why Software Rewrites Fail and What To Do Instead
A practical guide for startup engineers and leaders who want to fix software, not rebuild it from scratch.
What you'll learn:
- How to identify when a rewrite is risky
- How to incrementally modernize systems
- Case studies from real companies
- The "TheeSeeShip" approach
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- Early draft chapters
- Exclusive Q&A session with the authors
- Your name in the acknowledgements
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Preorder the book‘Never Rewrite’ is a mantra of ours in the programming realm. Often times when software developers encounter nightmare codebases, the thought crosses their mind to work towards a complete rewrite.
Don’t do that.
We explore what to do instead along with an array of other software topics in our eponymous podcast.
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About the podcast
Never Rewrite is a weekly software engineering podcast for developers and engineering leaders. Jeffrey Sherman and Isaac Askew dig into the real decisions behind shipping and maintaining software — when to modernize instead of rewrite, how AI and agentic coding tools are changing the craft, scaling, team standards, and engineering careers. Browse every episode on the episodes page.
- What is the Never Rewrite podcast about?
- Never Rewrite is a software engineering podcast hosted by Jeffrey Sherman and Isaac Askew. Each episode is a candid conversation about why complete software rewrites fail, how to modernize legacy code instead, and how AI and agentic coding tools are changing the day-to-day work of building software.
- Is Never Rewrite a coding podcast?
- Yes. It's a coding and software engineering podcast for working developers and engineering leaders. Topics range from legacy systems and incremental modernization to AI-assisted development, scaling, team standards, and engineering careers.
- Who should listen?
- Software developers, engineering managers, CTOs, and startup founders who would rather fix and evolve their software than rebuild it from scratch.
- How often do new episodes come out?
- New episodes are released weekly, with more than 150 episodes already in the archive.
- Where can I listen to Never Rewrite?
- Never Rewrite is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube. You can also browse every episode on neverrewrite.com.