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> In fact a lot of 30+ year old systems are both better and more maintainable than things developed within the past 5 years. Just would be true just through su
by WJW 3y ago
> In fact a lot of 30+ year old systems are both better and more maintainable than things developed within the past 5 years.
Just would be true just through survivorship bias, no? The systems that were already unmaintainable 30 years ago could not be maintained and either fell over or got replaced, while the maintainable systems from 30 years ago are the only ones left.
- VBprogrammer 3y agoI don't think I've ever seen a system fall over and be replaced. Systems don't fail and get replaced - companies do. Systems at profitable companies keep on chugging along. Occasionally someone suggests a major rewrite but that usually fails when it doesn't reach feature parity, nevermind meet the expectations of all the new features which were thrown at it to justify the expenditure.