>> Don't try to write software that will last 100 years.
THIS.
I've worked as a developer on huge, multi-year projects and I've worked on rip and tear six month projects and everything in between in the 10 years I've worked as a developer. None of the stuff I ever worked on was never maintained for more than 2-3 years after release before being nuked and built from scratch with some new fangled framework or database or data platform.
When I first started as a developer, building your stuff to withstand the zombie apocalypse was something we all aspired to. We all wanted to be like the Y2K developers. You get called in 30 years after you retired to re-write your code because all these legacy systems are still running on the code you wrote when you were an angsty college graduate at your first development gig.
The truth of the matter is companies don't need something that's bullet proof to last even 5 years any more. I've always felt in some regard, nuking products is done simply for upper management types to prove they're worth keeping around, more than these things need to be rebuilt.
THIS.
I've worked as a developer on huge, multi-year projects and I've worked on rip and tear six month projects and everything in between in the 10 years I've worked as a developer. None of the stuff I ever worked on was never maintained for more than 2-3 years after release before being nuked and built from scratch with some new fangled framework or database or data platform.
When I first started as a developer, building your stuff to withstand the zombie apocalypse was something we all aspired to. We all wanted to be like the Y2K developers. You get called in 30 years after you retired to re-write your code because all these legacy systems are still running on the code you wrote when you were an angsty college graduate at your first development gig.
The truth of the matter is companies don't need something that's bullet proof to last even 5 years any more. I've always felt in some regard, nuking products is done simply for upper management types to prove they're worth keeping around, more than these things need to be rebuilt.