https://iamlino.net/en/tags/software/Recent content in Software on I am LinoHugoenFri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://iamlino.net/en/blog/rewriting-from-scratch-hold-my-beer/Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://iamlino.net/en/blog/rewriting-from-scratch-hold-my-beer/<p>Every developer hears <em>that</em> little voice sooner or later.</p> <p>It shows up on some random afternoon, after wrestling with a chunk of code that looks like it was written out of spite, and it whispers something like: &ldquo;this thing is a dumpster fire; give me a couple of weeks and I&rsquo;ll rebuild the whole thing from scratch, clean and proper.&rdquo; It speaks with the confidence of someone who&rsquo;s already lost their patience, with a certain contempt for everything that&rsquo;s been built so far, and with an almost religious faith that this &ldquo;new me&rdquo; finally, truly knows how to do things right.</p>