Rewrite, refactor, or reinvent?
Lessons from 6 software rewrite stories
A new take on the age-old question: Should you rewrite your application from scratch,
or is that “the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make”?
Turns out there are more than two options for dealing with a mature codebase.
A web app with no web server?
Rethinking the stack
In a traditional client/server/database web app, so much effort goes into transferring and translating data between layers. Can we eliminate unnecessary complexity with a peer-to-peer design?
Data types for humans
Software should know what kinds of information matter to people
Today’s databases force us to think about data in terms of what’s important to the computer. What if we had systems that started with things that are important in human society - things like timespans, birthdays, weights and lengths, names, addresses, and countries?
Excel hell: A cautionary tale
What would it take to replace the spreadsheet?
Before we create a “single infinitely-customizable app for everything else”, we need to understand
why we’re currently using spreadsheets for everything.
Solving the software puzzle
Assembling a collaboration toolset shouldn't be so hard
No matter what applications we choose, there's lots of duplication and overlap between them. We're paying for lots of stuff we don't need or use. And there are still gaps that we have to cover with home-made systems. Surely there's a better way?