Yikes, MeFi is doing a rewrite? I’m sorely afraid that’s going to be the end of the site. I very much hope not, but given how most rewrites wind up…

https://metatalk.metafilter.com/26454/MeFi-Site-Update-June-19th

@alpha They look like they're doing it the not-daft way, at least? Slowly, respectfully and with "must actually do what the old site did before we change anything"?

@flippac It is certainly much less daft than the usual approach to rewrites, though still daft it it’s a big-bang rewrite and not slicing off functionality to do a piecemeal replacement.

I also have a hard time believing that the codebase is the main impediment to MeFi’s success at the moment.

@alpha I could see it being an existential threat if they're still on Coldfusion though

(also: we've been told big-bang, but for all we know it's being approached a slice at a time: you'd almost have to in order to do an appropriate job of testing it)

@flippac I certainly hope so! I’m really not capable of making the judgment on the risk of remaining on ColdFusion, though - it strikes me as probably low probability but extremely high impact?

@alpha I suspect it's not that low probability over the kind of timeframe MeFi should be planning over, especially given the consequences of anybody finding a serious exploit now