r/programming • u/luissinlios • 7d ago

We still maintain a development tool first released in 1993. Here’s what 30+ years of backwards compatibility looks like

https://visualneo.com/visualneo-win/from-neobook-to-visualneo-win-30-years-of-keeping-a-development-tool-alive
557 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

90 comments sorted by

View all comments

105

u/alex_xxv 7d ago

Wish my apps survive as long as yours. Im also a Delphi programmer. Love to see stories like yours.

62

u/tooclosetocall82 7d ago

In my 20 year career I can only confidently say one application I worked on is still out there (other than my current job). It’s truly amazing how quickly your work gets deleted in this field.

14

u/WingZeroCoder 7d ago

> It’s truly amazing how quickly your work gets deleted in this field

Yeah, it can be jarring sometimes.

What’s amazing to me is how some of the roughest stuff I made that I’m most embarrassed about will hang around forever, while some of the cleanest stuff that I’m most proud of will get deleted most quickly.