[JustSomeNobody]

I get that HNers lean towards the web and Startup/throw-away culture, but do people really not get that some systems have to run decades?

[bayindirh]

I hate to tell that, and I'm not trying to be snarky, but apparently not.

Also, many younger developers I chatted with don't understand long living applications and what "use boring tech" means.

[Aeolun]

> what "use boring tech" means.

Of course we do. It means you use Node 16 instead of 18 because it’s LTS. 2 whole years of support!

[kevinmchugh]

I would be pretty worried about the potential for the license cost to skyrocket over those decades

[JustSomeNobody]

As well you should be and plan for that by either not going with a tech that will increment that way or making damn sure you are profitable enough to pay the bills.

[kaba0]

Well, then don’t pay for a commercial license that includes paid support if you don’t want to pay, it is that easy. All of these articles are FUD.

[kaba0]

Also, guess what runs that whole “cloud” thingy they deploy their fancy microservices onto..