Sam RoseSomething that stuck with me from a previous job is the quote: “don’t underestimate things that have survived many attempts to kill them.”
Think: DNS, bash, C, TCP.
These things have survived this long for a reason. Find out the reason.
Kris Nuttycombe@samwho with every one of those things it’s a combination of entrenched infrastructure, laziness, and conservatism.
The history of tech is about human factors, and we shouldn’t underestimate how regressive and lazy people can be.