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As a developer this obviously sucks but this seems to be pretty efficient from a high level view. If all the low hanging fruit is done and all future developmen
by opportune 8y ago
As a developer this obviously sucks but this seems to be pretty efficient from a high level view. If all the low hanging fruit is done and all future development is just adding features with continually diminishing returns, it makes sense to just go into maintenance mode, extract your profits, and let your developers go work on something else
- u801e 8y agoAnd, then, after years have passed and the hardware it's running on starts failing, developers have to scramble to update components to a version that's actually supported.
- johannes1234321 8y agoBy that time the money is already made from those for who it's cheaper to stay than moving away ... so you can buy the next company with a dying product, milk their customers and move on.
- pas 8y agoMaintenance. Real maintenance is cheap. New SDK comes out, make it compile, do the necessary refactor. That's it. Minimal team, no real deadlines, just pure throughput.