• Stumblinbear@pawb.social
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    11 months ago

    No program ever created has never needed any bug fixing or improvement. That’s the nature of software engineering.

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      11 months ago

      Sync for Reddit wasn’t just created yesterday. There comes a point where almost all software is stable and will run be fine without updates indefinitely. Established Reddit clients were at that point years ago.

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          11 months ago

          Just because it has doesn’t mean it needed to be.

          If I earned enough money from a product to be able to only work on it, I’d update it too - but that doesn’t mean it needs updates or maintenance.

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            11 months ago

            And that’s exactly how businesses become complacent and get overtaken by new players in the market

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                11 months ago

                It doesn’t make a difference what part of the market a business lies in, it’s still a competitive market