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On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:13:05 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> I was on a project that had been specified by a compsci. We had nearly
> 50 people coding. No one knew what was going on. I remember saying to
> the only other guy who seemed to be an experienced programmer 'You and I
> could write this in 6 months if we threw away this stupid specification
> and started again'

I wasn't very popular with my boss when I told him we had learned a lot 
from the current project but it was time to start fresh using the lessons 
learned. Like the Titanic, once the course is set, damn the icebergs.