☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“If you've ever maintained the same piece of software for more than a couple years, you'll understand how hard it is to pivot already-finished <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> to learn from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ParadigmShifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParadigmShifts</span></a> in the industry. Even if you try your hardest, it's very easy for the old way of doing things to be woven throughout your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/codebase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codebase</span></a> as assumptions.</p><p>As <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JessFrazlle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JessFrazlle</span></a> mentioned in her first post, this is why most <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAD</span></a> software is not extensible. Most of them have assumptions about software that were true in 1990 but aren't anymore: that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> doesn't exist; that <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GPUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPUs</span></a> don't exist; that clicking is easier than typing for most user interactions”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://zoo.dev/blog/api-first-approach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zoo.dev/blog/api-first-approac</span><span class="invisible">h</span></a>&gt;</p>