The Nature of Software Development

“It’s usually not a good idea to start over on some huge part of the product. It might be, but I’d bet it isn’t. It’s usually not a good idea to stop doing features entirely, to “clean up” the code. It might be, but I’d bet it isn’t. What seems to work best is to follow the Campground Rule: Leave the campground a little better than you found it. Every time we do a feature, we start by cleaning up the area where we are going to do the work.”