[almostdeadguy]

Currently on a project where I find myself thinking a lot about this post. I think a lot of the comments here are missing some of the finer points of this argument. "Rewriting" is not per se the problem, "rewriting from scratch" where a project is effectively put on hold until the rewrite gets done, is the real quagmire. There are legitimate ways of doing a rewrite that don't require boiling the ocean and prevent you from shipping. And I'm sure there are exceptions as well, but as a general piece of advice about software engineering I've found this to have a better shelf life than many other nuggets of advice.