New hacker news rule: if you haven't done at least 80% of what he's talking abou...

angersock · on March 15, 2012

I've done this before, friend. Starting from scratch is indeed easier.

The point I was making was that he used unit tests to confirm his design (as a safety net) and not as a primary design tool.

cheatercheater · on March 16, 2012

Starting from scratch does not take into account all the growing pains the previous software hat that made it into the quagmire you have learned to hate.