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The entire information ecosystem has internalized a bias toward "freshness." It's even really strong in software. Evidently code is more valid and correct if it
by api 5y ago
The entire information ecosystem has internalized a bias toward "freshness." It's even really strong in software. Evidently code is more valid and correct if it has recent GitHub commits.
- Lascaille 5y agoSoftware is the most toxic environment possible for freshness bias. Every month it seems like there's a new framework/ecosystem/whatever and everyone's migrating to it and you're behind the times if you're not using it.
- Gigachad 5y agoThis is only if you bother chasing the absolute freshest trend. Things like React, Ruby on Rails, Node.JS, etc have been the standard and most popular tools for close to 10 years now and aren't going anywhere.
- Workaccount2 5y agoI guess this is why a lot of sites now removed dates from their articles.
- beatsie_ 5y agoGoogle allows for searches within ranges of dates.
- Gigachad 5y agoAlmost no software just works if left unattended for years. If its a library it means it will likely not work with the latest versions of everything else. Your bug reports will go unattended. People also have a lot more tolerance for missing features or issues if they see it improving regularly. While getting something unsatisfactory as the last and final version is not nearly as acceptable.
- api 5y agoI have built Unix/Linux stuff from the 1990s with no code changes. Programs that do well defined things generally have a long shelf life. Even X stuff often works, though it can look bad on modern displays. Math kernels, codecs, and so forth can more or less live forever.