A classic quote from Joel Spolsky in this post - the concept of a semiannual Windows Tithe Day, where you dedicate a day (usually more) of your precious time, to do nothing by reinstall everything from scratch, on your main development box - something we can all relate to no doubt.
To me it's a bit like forking out hundreds of dollars because your old "fridge" just blew up. You a few hundred out, just to buy something you already had.
After "Windows Tithe Day" you've given up 24 hours, for something you already had - yet somehow you're surprisingly chipper at the fact that everything is now working....exactly as it was always supposed to...
PS. Joel's post about Evidence Based Scheduling is not bad either.
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