(I guess this is mostly meditating on what the original builders of software feel when their products, which they poured love and care into, end up in the after

(I guess this is mostly meditating on what the original builders of software feel when their products, which they poured love and care into, end up in the afterlife of software.) I've sometimes worried about the fate of my businesses after selling them, in the event they pass through many hands, but that's part of the risk of selling. I got an email from a customer of ~10 years ago complaining that they couldn't reach the current CS team (site was down) and asking if I had a direct contact. It, luckily, came back up; it was not obvious to me that it would. On the one hand, frustrating as a founder, but on the other hand, no rational person expects someone to grind out support emails for an employer they haven't worked at in 10 years, right? I get that e.g. a teacher is inconvenienced, but the Unified School District of Middle America is inconvenienced that there are homework assignments not graded right now. and they don't get to call people 10 years into retirement and say "Well you worked here once upon a time and these assignments aren't going to grade themselves."