Tick, Tick... Boom!
Great post! This is why I created the Minimum Viable Replacement Framework and the Watermelon Detector as everyone makes the same mistakes over and over again.
https://youtu.be/Vzy86T7e4o0?si=eK19tkATTq5RJ0qj
Dean's 7 Deadly Sins of Application Rewrites ... learn the hard way, through several rewrites:
- Porting 100% of features—congrats, you’ve preserved the rot.
- Skipping feature hostage negotiations with clingy power users.
- Bolting on competitor crap to build Frankensoft.
- No selective rollout plan—just flipping the switch on everyone.
- Deferring analytics instrumentation until later (aka never).
- No gating, no flags—just launch and hope for mercy.
- Treating go-to-market like a JIRA ticket, not a strategy.
YMMV
Great post! This is why I created the Minimum Viable Replacement Framework and the Watermelon Detector as everyone makes the same mistakes over and over again.
https://youtu.be/Vzy86T7e4o0?si=eK19tkATTq5RJ0qj
Dean's 7 Deadly Sins of Application Rewrites ... learn the hard way, through several rewrites:
- Porting 100% of features—congrats, you’ve preserved the rot.
- Skipping feature hostage negotiations with clingy power users.
- Bolting on competitor crap to build Frankensoft.
- No selective rollout plan—just flipping the switch on everyone.
- Deferring analytics instrumentation until later (aka never).
- No gating, no flags—just launch and hope for mercy.
- Treating go-to-market like a JIRA ticket, not a strategy.
YMMV