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I wonder if the comment was intended to be mainly about the newer mobile OSes. I don't think I'd have too much trouble finding a way to run 10-year-old Windows

by sjy 6y ago

I wonder if the comment was intended to be mainly about the newer mobile OSes. I don't think I'd have too much trouble finding a way to run 10-year-old Windows or Linux desktop apps, and it would be easier than running Mac apps from the 1990s, but I didn't even get the opportunity to save copies of the iOS binaries I used 10 years ago. Even if I did, I doubt I'd be able to do anything with them.

mylons 6y ago
they're talking about web apps and mostly javascript.
- emodendroket 6y ago
  Doesn't make much sense then. Your browser will run those.
  - myhf 6y ago
    heh
  - Polylactic_acid 6y ago
    I have seen web apps that simply can't be deployed anymore because their ruby version includes a rubygems version so old it can't use TLS 1.2. Its probably a good thing and will force upgrades eventually but old web apps can't always be used.
    - mcguire 6y ago
      mod_perl 1. Oy. Never say you can't rewrite a project. I've done it too many times.
- ng12 6y ago
  I sure hope not. At my last gig we kept a suite of jQuery, Backbone, ko, and/or Angular1 apps happily chugging away with almost no extra support burden.
  - mcguire 6y ago
    How did you keep your developers' careers chugging away? Did "oh, we only used jQuery and Angular1" go over well in the interview?
    - vb6sp6 6y ago
      It goes over great with talented people who are tired of relearning the same things over and over again. The ones that need to "chug" every 2 years can go somewhere else.
      - phist_mcgee 6y ago
        Someone has to keep the legacy code running. But seriously though, talented people are attracted to career progression, exciting projects, and money. Those three things do not all coalesce on Angular1/jQuery apps anymore. It just does not happen.
        ng12 6y ago
        Right, the apps we're actively working on are React+TypeScript+GraphQL. The Angular1 and older apps are the ones that require minimal investment.
    - jmull 6y ago
      If you’d never developed an app/system for more than a few years, I would be thinking of hiring you as a junior engineer. If you were willingly involved with rewriting your app/system every few years in the latest trendy language or framework, I probably wouldn’t be thinking of hiring you.

by sjy 6y ago

mylons 6y ago

they're talking about web apps and mostly javascript.

emodendroket 6y ago
Doesn't make much sense then. Your browser will run those.
- myhf 6y ago
  heh
- Polylactic_acid 6y ago
  I have seen web apps that simply can't be deployed anymore because their ruby version includes a rubygems version so old it can't use TLS 1.2. Its probably a good thing and will force upgrades eventually but old web apps can't always be used.
  - mcguire 6y ago
    mod_perl 1. Oy. Never say you can't rewrite a project. I've done it too many times.
ng12 6y ago
I sure hope not. At my last gig we kept a suite of jQuery, Backbone, ko, and/or Angular1 apps happily chugging away with almost no extra support burden.
- mcguire 6y ago
  How did you keep your developers' careers chugging away? Did "oh, we only used jQuery and Angular1" go over well in the interview?
  - vb6sp6 6y ago
    It goes over great with talented people who are tired of relearning the same things over and over again. The ones that need to "chug" every 2 years can go somewhere else.
    - phist_mcgee 6y ago
      Someone has to keep the legacy code running. But seriously though, talented people are attracted to career progression, exciting projects, and money. Those three things do not all coalesce on Angular1/jQuery apps anymore. It just does not happen.
      - ng12 6y ago
        Right, the apps we're actively working on are React+TypeScript+GraphQL. The Angular1 and older apps are the ones that require minimal investment.
  - jmull 6y ago
    If you’d never developed an app/system for more than a few years, I would be thinking of hiring you as a junior engineer. If you were willingly involved with rewriting your app/system every few years in the latest trendy language or framework, I probably wouldn’t be thinking of hiring you.