@bruces I think the fallout should be minimal. Though, for embedded systems the risk is real.

Debian Trixie should be free of 2K38 issues, as it is switching to 64-bit time_t for (hopefully all) libraries.

I do think I'm losing some peers to "AI" "vibe coding", but most of us will still be able to fiddle 32-bit time_t if we are still around in 2035. I won't yet be able to draw social security retirement by that time, so I will probably still be working.

I don't really like dealing with embedded systems, but I can do it, and there are people my age (and younger) that actually like fiddling with the software on such systems.