Rewriting without a map: shipping an MVP from a legacy app
Update: 2025-10-25
Description
Multiple times we have encountered the messy reality of rebuilding a decade-old system: stale specs, missing specs, and stakeholders who want "the same… but better."
In the latest episode of the No Compromises podcast, we share a lightweight framework for agreeing on an MVP, tagging "post-MVP" ideas, and negotiating trade-offs while still making progress.
We walk through practical tactics for parallelizing work and learning as you go.
- (00:00 ) - Rebuilding an old system without copying its flaws
- (02:00 ) - Two extremes: too many specs or none at all
- (03:00 ) - MVP tension: ship value vs. future wishes
- (04:45 ) - Define MVP, capture unknowns as post-MVP tickets
- (05:30 ) - Build the first slice and learn
- (07:00 ) - Code foundations while refining scope
- (08:30 ) - Trade-offs as collaboration, not confrontation
- (09:30 ) - Takeaway: progress, check-ins, iterate together
- (10:00 ) - Silly bit
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