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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by mark-r on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:40PM (#30089787)
Even more true for open source software. If it isn't recently updated, people assume the project is dead.
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Re:Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web? by metadat on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:38PM (#30092294)
To be fair, bit-rot is a real thing for software, because the world keeps changing. In most cases it takes effort and upkeep to keep everything working.

Annoying, for sure, but this is the reality of software and technology as the landscape continues to evolve over time.

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