On The Big Rewrite
Content disappears from time to time on the web. This post is my own mirror of John Rauser’s Twitter thread that I frequently reference. Inspired by this HN comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11554288, I offer a story about software rewrites and Bezos as a technical leader. I was once in an annual planning meeting at Amazon. In attendance was Jeff, every SVP at amazon, my VP and all the directors in my org....