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Two months to refactor something that already worked fine? The product owner must have been on vacation. That was a very expensive project that produced zero business value.
It is great to see a negative or neutral experience get some publicity showing the real consequences. We often see the publishing bias of a success story but rarely do you see 'did the thing and meh was the result' which is likely 99% of reality. Thanks for this!
Well, at least if usage explodes it won't look like such a bad idea.
> New version handles 10x the throughput

Probably could have achieved 5x the throughput while using the team skills by just going from wsgi to asgi.

"better" is a vague term and working hours are limited so clearly some things are more worth than others but

It's very easy to make the wrong conclusion from a post like this. Better software is achieved through small decisions that compound over time. And bad software often happens because shortcuts compound too.