imagine some universe in which you could think about "long-term support" for some foundational piece of tech like a programming language or an operating system as meaning your shit would keep working for a couple of generations instead of maybe a couple of years if you're lucky.
imagine what you could build if the rug didn't get yanked out every time you turn your back for 15 fucking minutes.
the thing is, not only don't we know how to approach the idea of building the kinds of tech that your grandkids could still be using in their old age, but we get further and further from that kind of knowledge with every new thing we make.
@brennen i think program stability is far less important than format/API stability. like i don’t care if the electric water heaters they have in 20 years aren’t the same as the way i heated water as a kid (over the stove). what is important is that the recipes i wrote which use hot water are still usable.
with respect to format stability, i think there are some trends which are very depressing (the move away from XML; React user interfaces), but there is a lot of really good standardization work happening now as well. so it’s a mixed bag and not entirely good or bad i don’t think.
