this quote just leapt out at me:
"You can run software from 1980 or 2005 on a modern desktop without too much hassle, but anything between there and 2-3 years ago? Black hole of fad frameworks and brittle dependencies."
source: https://lwn.net/Articles/829123/
@thamesynne we call them the dark ages not (just) because they were bad but because they left no recorded history. these too are dark ages.
@thamesynne didn't we warn them already? 🤷