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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/08ca25fc-6eb6-4672-bf8b-4337bc0c038e/still-validRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 21:40:48 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 18:23:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:27:23 GMT]]>@Enalys Not to be a doomer or an AI buttlicker, but I do think with the new AI tools we might start seeing some of the old holes still present in our software.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/Albi/statuses/116529276088970091https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://furry.engineer/users/Albi/statuses/116529276088970091Wed, 06 May 2026 19:27:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 17:04:12 GMT]]>@Enalys In all fairness, 30 months is 100 Javascript years.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/bart/statuses/116528713075593812https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/bart/statuses/116528713075593812Wed, 06 May 2026 17:04:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:58:58 GMT]]>@elithebearded @Enalys Some languages are more prone to breakage on upgrade than others, and lately, the FAFO attitude has become popular.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116528692496204640https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116528692496204640Wed, 06 May 2026 16:58:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 16:23:48 GMT]]>@gisgeek @Enalys

Python, Rust, Go, JS, and what else?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fed.qaz.red/users/elithebearded/statuses/116528554239779510https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fed.qaz.red/users/elithebearded/statuses/116528554239779510Wed, 06 May 2026 16:23:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 14:25:22 GMT]]>@Enalys @me_ Clearly we should rewrite it in rust.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/116528088499457351https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/a/statuses/116528088499457351Wed, 06 May 2026 14:25:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:20:01 GMT]]>@Enalys
We could update this with
"Unix program written 30 yr ago"
"Unix program rewritten in Rust in 1 yr"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/brnrd/statuses/116527359706026829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/brnrd/statuses/116527359706026829Wed, 06 May 2026 11:20:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 11:14:16 GMT]]>@LeoBistmans @Enalys
That's the reason why I still use intensively as explained here:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116527337102231374https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116527337102231374Wed, 06 May 2026 11:14:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 10:58:15 GMT]]>@gisgeek @Enalys I run the same 25 years old perl code at work ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/LeoBistmans/statuses/116527274068838477https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/LeoBistmans/statuses/116527274068838477Wed, 06 May 2026 10:58:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:50:21 GMT]]>@Enalys @PeterSommerlad “30 months”, oh sweet 2010s summer child. They aren’t even near to The Event yet, they’re going to think 2016 is as bad as it can possibly be

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116527007093414426https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/Kroc/statuses/116527007093414426Wed, 06 May 2026 09:50:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:40:51 GMT]]>@Enalys also on bottom: Rustacean "rewrite" of the Linux GNU coreutils. except more like a dumpster on fire

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/synlogic4242/statuses/116526969722859587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/synlogic4242/statuses/116526969722859587Wed, 06 May 2026 09:40:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:40:36 GMT]]>@Enalys SYN+ACK+FIN

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/1div0/statuses/116526968754107186https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/1div0/statuses/116526968754107186Wed, 06 May 2026 09:40:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:38:51 GMT]]>@Enalys Are you sure? I was born in the 1970's but I couldn't possibly be older than 35.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/larsbrinkhoff/statuses/116526961914861431https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/larsbrinkhoff/statuses/116526961914861431Wed, 06 May 2026 09:38:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 09:05:25 GMT]]>@PeterSommerlad
Yeah, this meme is around since the 2010's.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526830442180806https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526830442180806Wed, 06 May 2026 09:05:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:51:49 GMT]]>@larsbrinkhoff
Now it's 1996. 1980 was 46 years ago, but this meme is around since the 2010's.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526776936482155https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526776936482155Wed, 06 May 2026 08:51:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:44:25 GMT]]>@Enalys 30 years ago comes out to around 1980, right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/larsbrinkhoff/statuses/116526747846849611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/larsbrinkhoff/statuses/116526747846849611Wed, 06 May 2026 08:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:17:39 GMT]]>@Enalys The usual approach is using a containerized approach, BUT that changes exactly nothing, because even containers need upgrades, and at a certain point in time, you are fucked in any case. After 30 years, I have become quite choosy about computing choices based on the expected life cycle... Today, I tend to deprecate the use of frameworks and warn 'ex ante' about languages that are expected to fail by design.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116526642590138072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116526642590138072Wed, 06 May 2026 08:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:11:03 GMT]]>@gisgeek
Had it too when I upgraded from Debiam 12 to 13. 😞

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526616613594264https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526616613594264Wed, 06 May 2026 08:11:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 08:06:19 GMT]]>@Enalys
Unfortunately, this is also true for Python. For instance, I recently updated a Debian 11 server to 12 and fucked all Python environments and all Django webapps, as fully expected. One of the most resilient interpreted languages is simply Perl.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116526598054359983https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gisgeek/statuses/116526598054359983Wed, 06 May 2026 08:06:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:35:40 GMT]]>@d1
This meme preceded vibe coding. Vibe coded road would be even worst.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526477532642692https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.zergy.net/users/Enalys/statuses/116526477532642692Wed, 06 May 2026 07:35:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:24:24 GMT]]>@Enalys make no mistake, code rot is coming for us all

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lritter/statuses/116526433198695486https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/lritter/statuses/116526433198695486Wed, 06 May 2026 07:24:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:23:11 GMT]]>should be 40 years and 4 months/weeks

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PeterSommerlad/statuses/116526428405681432https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PeterSommerlad/statuses/116526428405681432Wed, 06 May 2026 07:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Still valid: on Wed, 06 May 2026 07:12:03 GMT]]>@Enalys Does vibe coding deserve a mention in this meme?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116526384659180044https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116526384659180044Wed, 06 May 2026 07:12:03 GMT