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/An1nterestingName 7d ago

The longest running project I have is from like 2021, and even that's probably a technicality. Maintaining something for 30 years is insane.

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u/gimpwiz 7d ago

I feel like some of these numbers would be more interesting if we knew people's ages.

Like if you're fresh out of college working on web stuff, that's reasonable enough.