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by hombre_fatal 259 days ago
Meh, you're just describing software. Especially complex client-side software build chains.

Opening up iOS or macOS app source code I haven't touched in years in the latest Xcode I just downloaded is a lot like that. There is anything from Swift errors to API changes to my build plist being invalid. And if I use any third-party tools, they probably don't work until I visit each one's latest readme.

And that's without even insisting on using the latest unstable tech (bun, biome, nextjs) like you did in your comment where you would expect that experience.