Senior Dev's Wisdom: Avoiding Rewrites and Efficient Coding

A senior developer shares their software development philosophy, emphasizing the pitfalls of rewriting code from scratch. They highlight that when a rewrite seems appealing, avoidable mistakes have already been made, such as accumulating technical debt and increasing code complexity. The advice includes alternating between expansion (new features) and consolidation phases, budgeting ample time for polishing and testing, and automating best practices. The importance of considering edge cases and pathological data is stressed, along with writing testable code whose correctness is obvious.