http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Avish, It has to do about responsibility, and TCO. If I am responsible for something, I have to consider costs. I tend to look over the lifetime of the application rather than the immediate moment, and as such, I consider maintainability concerns over immediate concerns. From experience, trying to tangle with a bad architecture is something to avoid. If it is small, I would prefer writing it again, if it is big, anti corruption layers. http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment5http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment5Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:41:40 GMTIt seems that rebuilding stuff in your existing architecture is a recurring issue. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad thing, but what are the costs? How do you control your NIH tick? How do you get away with that (management-wise)? http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment4http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment4Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:35:58 GMTGrigore, I never name names in this blog, unless they are already public or they have expressly given me permission to do so. This particular client is unlikely to read this blog, and if he will, I am more than willing to sit down and explain it. That is not a consideration that I would usually take. But I have also publish much worse about work I have done to clients, when I knew full well that the lead developer whose design I ranted about is a subscriber to this blog. http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment3http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment3Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:14:18 GMTSo we should never use our real world experiences as source material for blog posts? No names were mentioned and it's highly likely that anyone who did work with this code and actively watched this blog would probably be in agreement with his comments. So in all likely hood no harm.. no foul.. http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment2http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment2Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:02:57 GMTYou only "practiced diplomacy" up to the point where you went and spread the thing all over the internet. From there on, you only practiced - quite successfully, if your prospective clients get to read your post - "not being very smart". http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment1http://ayende.com/2855/how-to-practice-diplomacy-playing-on-the-nature-of-truth#comment1Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:45:04 GMT