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Hey Cal, are you the maintainer of this tool we use in our build?

(ooh, maybe they're asking about adding a new feature!) Yeah, what's up?

The last commit was 3 years ago…

Seems right, yeah

Shouldn't it be updated?

If there's a problem to solve or an improvement, then of course. What do you need?

I can't think of anything, it just seems kind of old

When you write careful code, it doesn't rot as quickly…

Breathe, Cal. Breathe.

@calcifer Write a bot that randomly touches files every few weeks with non-breaking changes.

@mdhughes nah, this is solveable by educating the newer/younger folks that "time since commit" isn't as strong an indicator of utility as they assume, especially for internal projects

I want to fix the perception problem, not reinforce it. One of the perks of having seniority and authority in an org is you can actually improve culture

Aeáro, a SeaWyrm :elfstar:

@calcifer @mdhughes

"I want to fix the perception problem, not reinforce it" is a really important stance for lots of things, and I wish more people would take it.