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The Pitfalls of the Big Rewrite: Why Evolution Often Beats Revolution
- April 16, 2025
In many conversations about how products and systems evolve within companies, a recurring theme emerges: the pitfalls we encounter. One of the most significant is the pattern of the major rewrite, sometimes called “building off to the side.” Now, don’t get me wrong – a well-executed strangler pattern can lead to amazing transformations of codebases and products. However, embarking on a major rewrite can also be the first step towards building a company’s own tombstone.
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Productive Slacking
- October 18, 2019
Back in 2016 I joined Usabilla, just around the time we were evaluating our work chat solutions. Usabilla was at the time on Hipchat and Slack was the up and coming solution, with plenty of advanced features and goodies. I will not try to sell Slack here, but it clearly was the better contender and worth our move.
Read MoreHipHop for PHP: First look
- February 6, 2010
Just this tuesday Facebook announced a ambitious project called “HipHop for PHP”, if you missed it general opinion says you have been coding PHP in a cave. As I write this review no code has been posted yet, but Facebook has made a great move to open source the project so we can all get our hands on it, use it and contribute to it. So since the code is not out there yet, this is literally a first impression article based on the presentation made by Facebook and various posts from core PHP developers who got a first look at the technology before the release.
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OpenX 2.5 beta - Primeiras impressões
- March 28, 2008
Foi anunciado hoje o primeiro beta público do OpenX 2.5, a primeira versão puramente OpenX a ser lançada, digo isso por ser a primeira versão que incorpora as milhares de linhas que forma re-escritas, criando quase que praticamente uma nova aplicação. Eu já botei minhas mãos nessa versão e vou descrever a seguir minhas primeiras impressões.
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