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> software engineering's tendency to create systems that require constant active upkeep Nearly everything requires active upkeep, especially if it interacts wi

• tablespoon 4y ago
  > Nearly everything requires active upkeep, especially if it interacts with a changing environment. Software is no exception there. In some cases, but software engineers tend to decide to make that environment change more, so even if your environment isn't otherwise changing, you still have deal with a bunch of change (e.g. you don't get to have software unless you can pay someone to regularly track framework updates, because some software engineers would rather not do the work to maintain backwards compatibility or support old versions).