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I don't like the term "rot" - your software isn't rotting, it's exactly the same as when you last edited it. The rest of the software ecosystem didn't "rot" eit
by perrygeo 1y ago
I don't like the term "rot" - your software isn't rotting, it's exactly the same as when you last edited it. The rest of the software ecosystem didn't "rot" either, it evolved. And your old code didn't. "Extinction" seems a much better fit.
- munchler 1y agoIf we're just going by word meanings, "obsolescence" seems even more apt, but "rot" has an ironic charm that makes it memorable.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 1y agoIf the apple remains pristine, but the tree trunk dies, it doesn't much matter that the apple hasn't changed. It dies with the tree.