From 2a6cb6a5f61fa56ac6e360f67f42c549cd3781e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 15:21:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2023-12-08 Don't just rewrite. Re-invent. --- src/content/daily-email/2023-12-08.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/daily-email/2023-12-08.md diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-12-08.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-12-08.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..35ea03a3f --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-12-08.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: > + Don't just rewrite. Re-invent. +pubDate: 2023-12-08 +permalink: > + archive/2023/12/08/dont-just-rewrite +tags: + - software-development + - neovimconf +--- + +A quote that stuck out to me from today's Neovimconf conference was this by Björn Linse (aka bfredl): + +> Don't just rewrite. Re-invent. +> +> If you're going to start over from scratch, reconsider everything. + +This was in the context of what would be added to the core editor, what would be delegated to plugins, etc, but this also applies to other things. + +I'm discussing with someone whether to build a new Drupal theme or keep iterating on the existing one. + +If they start from scratch, they can re-invent and re-consider everything and decide which parts of the existing theme to reuse and which to leave and re-create.