Week 4 — Friday S1

Month 1 done. Which of these felt uncomfortably familiar?

Four weeks. Four themes.

A FoxPro database older than Google.

The myth of the big-bang rewrite.

The developer who holds all the knowledge.

The AS/400 nobody wants to touch.

A lot of 'yes, that's us' in the replies - just for different systems. Access databases. Bespoke VB6 applications. Custom reporting tools nobody remembers writing.

The system changes. The situation doesn't.

If any of the last four weeks felt familiar - we'd genuinely like to know which part. Not to pitch you. Just to understand what's actually out there.

What are you running?

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Which of this month's themes felt familiar?

The old database holding everything together The pressure to do a full rewrite One person holding all the knowledge A system nobody wants to touch but can't replace

What system are you actually running, if you don't mind sharing?

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