as programmers, we often feel the need to rewrite legacy code. this is supposed to make the code "better" - either by enabling easier development of features or improving performance and/or stability.
so, discord's mobile rewrite did not in fact accomplish both of these goals. application is noticeably slower, ux is arguably worse, and sometimes opening an image results in an unimaginable ui disaster.
i've heard that they want to redesign the desktop app. i'm scared.