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creeryesterday at 7:01 PM1 replyview on HN

> in 2026, it'll be 11 developers writing it over 11 years.

Perhaps too, a tool that's been around and in active maintenance for 11 years has been wildly successful.


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pavel_lishinyesterday at 8:30 PM

I wouldn't say "wildly". I would say that it's critical enough to the company's workings that they devote enough resources to it to keep it going, but not enough resources to consider re-writing it or re-factoring it to be easier to work on.