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>companies do not let their software rot for 10 years? I think that one of the big mistakes made in the last 20 years is that every company needs its own custo
by SilverRed 5y ago
>companies do not let their software rot for 10 years?
I think that one of the big mistakes made in the last 20 years is that every company needs its own custom software and that software is like an asset that you buy once and not a constant cost source.
The vast majority of businesses have no need for custom software and should be using 3rd party services. Then those 3rd parties have the income to dedicate to keeping the software secure.
Its honestly terrible how many local businesses have their own complex software built on some ancient version of a frame work which is sitting on an ancient server box in their office. Its a ticking time bomb no one wants to think about. Prolonging the explosion is not the solution.
- gregjor 5y agoAgreed. I often tell customers to use an off-the-shelf solution and get on with their real business. Custom software development is expensive, risky, and incurs long-term maintenance costs. I outright refuse to take on custom e-commerce sites or accounting or CRM systems at this point. About half the time the customer will find someone else who will happily bid on writing custom code despite my suggestion. That’s one reason the legacy code problem just gets bigger every year, and a lot of it shouldn’t have been written in the first place.