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by yashap 1253 days ago
I’ve heard Google are quite rewrite heavy, as an intentional strategy. Not that they rewrite everything all the time, but that they’re quite open to rewriting significant sized systems, and do it quite a bit more than most tech companies.

Not sure how true that is, or if it’s more myth. Also not sure how common it is to have original devs participate in the re-write, or if this is more something they do if the original devs have moved on. If any Googlers on HN could chime in, I’d certainly find it interesting!

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2 systems: One that you’re supposed to use, that isn’t finished; one that’s already deprecated.