[tcbawo]

Even if this were possible, the value of starting over in the problem domain would require considerable starting investment. In the meantime, your competitors will continue to iterate and improve. Depending on the domain, it might take many years to get to feature parity, even with vastly increased productivity. Many companies or industries will also shy away from such an investment because the benefit might not actually be worth the cost. Also, I think Joel Spolsky's lesson will still apply -- it's human nature to think it will be better the second time through: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...