Die langlebigste Technik ist langweilig, alt und überall
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/long_lived_tech/
Die langlebigste Technik ist langweilig, alt und überall
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/long_lived_tech/
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So are the most durable posts.
Before I even clicked the brain went COBAL, C, and UNIX. This is not a revelation.
Have you tried GPT 6.0? 158494th iteration in 3 years.
Boring tech is best tech.
I still miss my AS400 iSeries banking platform.
That shit never broke, was idiot proof, could query the backend open files, and if you had the query access you could extract data dumps with super easy and basic sql.
These days everything is thin client based that faints when you look at it funny
I have seen AP—AC-PROs go through some insane shit and have only had one of hundreds fail in 7 years.
It makes logical sense, right? When tech was made to last *it lasted longer*, as opposed to the „race it to the markets and sell“ convenience and throwaway culture of the past 4-5 decades. Coincidence?
Some of the technology, not just digital technology, is millenia old or even older than the human species.
Bit like DT
Its a comfort blanket tech, like iPhones.