The Never-Ending Rewrite

Noah and Amanda host 'The Refactor Hour' podcast in Austin, interviewing Kevin about side projects that never launch.

The Never-Ending Rewrite

True or false?

Kevin has been working on his project for five years.

• True
• False

Kevin wrote his app in only one programming language.

• True
• False

The project is already running successfully in production.

• True
• False

The hosts make Kevin promise to launch the app next Friday.

• True
• False

Kevin immediately agrees to launch the app without hesitating.

• True
• False

Listen again and complete the sentences

• Amanda: Hey everyone. Today we're talking about side projects that ____ . Our guest is Kevin, who's been working on an app called TaskPulse in Austin.
• Noah: Kevin, you've been building this codebase for a long time. What's it doing ____ ?
• Kevin: Well, it's ____ , you know. I started it in Python, then ported it to Go, and now I'm rewriting it in Rust because of some code smell I found.
• Kevin: Not really. It's mostly ____ modules and a few proof of concept scripts that I put on hold whenever work gets busy.
• Amanda: Kevin, let's stop right here. You've been digging into this ____ for too long. When are you actually launching it?

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