Re:Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday September 06, 2021 @12:46PM
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> As languages get popular, multiple projects get rewritten in them.
Lately I've been thinking, it's kind of funny how the modern development mindset is so all about code reuse what with its giant dependency graphs and reliance on cross-platform frameworks; and yet the favorite sport is still rewriting perfectly good applications in the new hotness.
Re:Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord
by pjmlp on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @01:59AM
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Because as fashion driven industry that is the only way many will get experience on language X down on their CV or favourite source code repository for head hunters.
Lately I've been thinking, it's kind of funny how the modern development mindset is so all about code reuse what with its giant dependency graphs and reliance on cross-platform frameworks; and yet the favorite sport is still rewriting perfectly good applications in the new hotness.