This month I want to highlight an article Why we rewrite (even when we shouldn’t), by Ben Northrop. This article touches on a variety of different influences that drive our decisions, and ultimately reminds us to use objective data, where possible, to set the best possible direction.
“In his amazing book on decision making and cognitive bias, Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman explains that while it’s easy for us to form opinions on all types of questions (and to be confident in these opinions to boot!) oftentimes they’re based on simple mental short-cuts, and not solid reasoning. For decisions where the stakes are small this might be ok, but for the question of whether to refactor or rewrite an entire system, where hundreds if not thousands of hours of effort could be at stake, this isn’t going to cut it. We need to be sure.”
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