[darkerside]

It's very hard to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it. By the same principle, as someone who has built a career out of rebuilds, we shouldn't be surprised that you'll recommend this solution for a majority of hypothetical problems. I don't think you are intentionally misleading people, and I'm sure that you want the best for your clients and that you believe that's what you're providing. It's just that, for anyone else reading this thread, please realize that you're getting one side of the story.

Incremental rebuilds are not sexy. Adding unit tests to legacy code (thereby making it not legacy code according to Michael Feathers) is not sexy. Sticking with the tried and true technology is not sexy. But they are typically the most successful approaches for those not compensated for changing things for change's sake.