Tante frames maintenance mode as sign of mature products
1 Sep 22 4:20 AM · 2d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 1 of 4
A software developer posts a take arguing that open source projects are allowed to be done, and that maintenance mode focusing on functionality and maintenance rather than constant features can indicate maturity rather than stagnation.
“A software project is allowed to be *done*. Not everything needs to add features or rewrite things. You can just be happy with functionality and focus on just maintainance.”
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Open Source hot take: A software project is allowed to be *done*. Not everything needs to add features or rewrite things. You can just be happy with functionality and focus on just maintainance. "Maintenance mode" is not always bad but can just show a mature product.
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