Comment by rldjbpin

i see both sides. while some core tech made decades ago might be tedious to adapt to today's needs, i HATE the fact that modern code is not designed to be sustainable.

<rant> speaking of ai, there was a startup acquired by google in 2017, whose core features remain unchanged. however, their sdk and branding got switched around every 18 months or so. incredibly annoying how you cannot run the same code anymore despite having the libraries cached because of the cloud and its moody deprecation cycles.

recently had a similar situation with azure and their (yet another) copilot rebranding had existing work being phased out by the end of the year, when the actual sdk did not get changed besides the package name! </rant>

having said that i have come to appreciate things that were well-designed and lasted that long. change is not bad, but only when it is not just for the sake of it.