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The reality of long-term software maintenance - Ashley's blog (www.construct.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by muelltonne@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

This was a nice read, thanks for sharing!

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Too true, and good analogy with building a house extension...

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nice read. The analogy about building a house makes it easier for non-developers like me to understand. I use open-source software daily, makes me appreciate the maintainers even more.