There is a real difference between a properly maintained, up-to-date project that happened to be started four years ago, and a project that was started four yea

There is a real difference between a properly maintained, up-to-date project that happened to be started four years ago, and a project that was started four years ago, has never seen any dependencies update (not even security fixes), and is dirty hack over dirty hack. By the tone of the article, the author is clearly talking about the second kind.