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		JamesSwift on Aug 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Should we bring software dev in-house? My point is that if the rewrite is not able to be classified as a refactor, it wont work. It has to be entirely invisible to the user (and product side of the org). Otherwise, it is never going to be completed.

theshrike79 on Aug 9, 2024 [–]

That's literally the point of the strangler fig pattern :)

The difference between a rewrite and refactor is a bit vague and nor easy to determine when talking theoretically.

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