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by chvid 3322 days ago
It takes work to prevent things not just die due to oblivion and inactivity.

I had a bunch of Java applet computer games that ran for more than a decade but eventually were killed by applets becoming obsolete.

I ended doing the following:

1. Putting all code on github.

2. Making a series of youtube videos of the gameplay.

3. Writing a blog post.

Obviously this was a lot of work; but so was creating the games.

It felt good doing the "archive" of them even though no one else cares. I suppose it is a bit organising a box of old photos; makes you think about what you have been doing.

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And also: Publish it.

Eventhough no-one will use it; this forces you (at least that's how I work) to make things look decent. Make sure you code actually compiles and it is complete.