The value of something old
At my current gig we are working hard on splitting up an old monolith which is the wart of the our business. This work is time consuming and it takes a long time. Why not write a new system and make a switch once it’s complete?
This question gets asked a lot by people who come to our company and by various stakeholders. They are frustrated by the fact that breaking up “the pile of mud” takes a lot of time and effort.