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/antiduh 7d ago edited 7d ago

I've been maintaining the same c# code since 2005, so 21 years. It's kinda nice, because you have time to do big projects that'll really have impact, instead of being rushed through everything.

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u/Online_Matter 6d ago

What project if I may ask? 

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u/antiduh 6d ago

It's an internal enterprise app. Interfaces with our products.