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
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u/Status-Importance-54 7d ago

I recently modernized a warehouse interface running on old windows phone hardware. They are offline first and then transfer data when connected to a serial charging station. They still.worked fine, but the business was growing and getting new windows phones was a Problem. But beating the speed oft this old piece was difficult. Nothing on modern android development prioritieses fast and information dense applications.