No it isn't. It says that good programmers are doing mini rewrites all the time negating the need for a big bang rewrite whereas bad programmers are probably just piling the debt up while asking for permission to rewrite and will do once again when they rewrite.
There's some truth to this I think. Big bang rewrites are best avoided where possible and there's plenty of ways you can incrementalize refactoring that don't occur to most people.
I think you're right and i misread it. So if the mini-rewrites in silence equal relentless refactoring, that might equal a rewrite nobody ever observed, excellent.
There's some truth to this I think. Big bang rewrites are best avoided where possible and there's plenty of ways you can incrementalize refactoring that don't occur to most people.