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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by not_kurt_godel on Thursday May 21, 2026 @06:18PM (#48229524)
Of course literally anything can be 'reasonable' if you a priori like doing it independent of its technical/functional merits. My ex-coworker liked to write literally tens of thousands of lines of extra, completely unnecessary code for fun. That was a fine reason for him personally but didn't make it any less stupid to deal with for the rest of us.
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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by shric on Thursday May 21, 2026 @10:58PM (#48231453)
The key here is “coworker”. He has an obligation to do reasonable things due to being employed by someone and it affecting others.

This is completely different. When it’s a person blog and a personal VPS it’s affecting nobody but that person.

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Re:Blog ran on Ubuntu 16.04 for 10 years. I migrated it to F... by not_kurt_godel on Thursday May 21, 2026 @11:36PM (#48231683)
And that's A-OK for them if that person likes more work with more headaches for a solution that costs more and performs worse. (Although less OK for everyone else when their VPS gets compromised and made part of a botnet or otherwise used for cybercrime.)
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