Post #2189097

@jacob@social.jacobian.org @glyph@mastodon.social The equivalent of "rusting" in software is "the assumptions about the world encoded in a piece of software will inevitably become incorrect". Whether that matters or not depends on the software (even games are often described as having "dated" graphics or interface design, let alone software that actively supports or integrates with institutional processes or other software systems). YOLOing the original construction definitely makes software decay faster, though.