Technical debt
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2024-10-02
2024-10-02
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From r/ProgrammerHumor:
Facts:
- write software
- finish writing software
- language/libraries you used get updated with new features, deprecates old/bad things
You now have a choice:
- go to the trouble of updating your entire program to use these new features and get rid of deprecated stuff, taking a lot of time and possibly messing up a ton of dependencies, or
- continue to use old stuff and accept the associated risks, for no effort
Most companies everywhere choose 2, incurring debt as technology marches on. It becomes a game of how long they can go until option 1 becomes absolutely necessary