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Re:Go with PHP by mattgreenrocks on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:25AM (#35901669)
It's goofy to me how many devs think the art of writing software necessitates continually updating dependencies to have things not break. You're running in place! You could be working on something new that generates value, or adding features to what you have in that time.
Re:Go with PHP by topicseed on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:30AM (#35902632)
To me, dependency management is a part of software maintenance and it's not always just 'running in place'. Updates bring security patches (sometimes not publicly explained or disclosed), performance improvements, and new features that could enhance the value generated by the said software.
Re:Go with PHP by taskforcegemini on Thursday May 11, 2023 @01:32PM (#35905435)
you only point out positives, but the negatives are usually felt a lot more intensively