Projects Must Be Actively Maintained to Avoid Obsolescence

6 December 2021 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 16 February 2024We need to keep in mind that creation generates maintenance requirements. We might put something out there while intending to not maintain it… but how long will that really last? The complexity of the world is relentlessly increasing, technology is changing, and old systems that we relied on suddenly disappear. We must actively maintain our projects, otherwise the increasing complexity of the world will render our project obsolete. Dependencies change. Communication protocols and standards change. Toolchains evolve. Services die. Without maintenance, our systems will faill to keep up with …

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