Jeff Meyerson&#x27;s interview with David Heinemeir Hanson [DHH] includes rewriting software. It discusses the reasons rewrites have a bad reputation and the difference between rewriting because &quot;it&#x27;s not my code&#x2F;language&#x2F;idiom&quot; and declaring &quot;technical bankruptcy&quot; as an extension of the technical debt metaphor.<p>Agree with DHH or not, he&#x27;s thought deeply about a lot of software development tropes.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;softwareengineeringdaily.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;13&#x2F;the-evolution-of-rails-with-david-heinemeier-hansson&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;softwareengineeringdaily.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;13&#x2F;the-evolution...</a>