I’ve been around this space for over a decade. Software that’s easy to change, tends to outlive the rest.
React has more staying power than almost any other JS library I’ve seen. And they’ve maintained backwards compatibility on par with Windows.
The other day dang was mentioning how HN struggling under the popularity of the GPT4 thread[0]. But even then, surely HN has seen some code updates. If you look at HN as a product (and not a codebase), the unofficial/official algolia search engine is an addition.
What runs untouched for decades?