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by ajsnigrutin 2234 days ago
The problem with using some shiny new library/software/app/technology is, that it might dissapear in a year. The developers will move on to new companies, and work with some new shiny tech, and all your codebase will be useless due to a unmaintained library and no new people (developers) who know how to use it.

I wanted to make an example that it was like starting work at a company, and seeing that they're still using phpBB (but with a 1 year old library)... but it seems phpBB is still being developed...

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> but it seems phpBB is still being developed

Doesn't that underline your point though?

Does library-support-wise (well, software-wise). Trying to find a developer with phpbb experience now, would be a totally different story.