Programmers are obsessed with tying things together. Here's an account of why we don't do that at or in Basecamp. Not every todo needs a corresponding commit. youtube.com/watch?v=CFzvA1…

"Enter Basecamp 4. For the past year or so, we've been in preproduction, while we've been riding the wild wave of success that has been HEY.. So another rewrite, yeah? No." world.hey.com/dhh/building-b…

"It's not that you have to rewrite everything from scratch all the time, but taking the effort to ensure that new code can be written to the best of your abilities is key to enjoying the work." world.hey.com/dhh/bringing-h…