Tag: legacy
Deep Purple, jQuery and the role of legacy
There are people, groups, works and topics that are old just in terms of age, and everyone and their dog wants to replace them for good, often for their age alone. But that turns out to be a wild goose chase, since these are so good at what they do, and/or they command so much mindshare, that they keep going for decades. See Emacs, Vim, COBOL, paperbacks, notebooks, email.
Legacy Lab New Mexico
I was invited to participate in Legacy Lab New Mexico at the Albuquerque Museum. During the first day Seminar I was on the panel Physical and Digital Spaces: Artist Houses, Studios, Websites alongside Kathleen Shields and Paula Wilson. On the second day I lead a workshop titled Artist Websites & Digital Autonomy in the Platform […]
Jordan Harband - Npm Ecosystem, HeroDevs
Jordan Harband defends his controversial stance on legacy support while managing countless npm packages that power millions of JavaScript projects.
Pricing Out Your Legacy
The company behind WordPress decided to offer a service that promises to pay for your web hosting for a century, long after you die. Sticker shock aside, I don’t hate the idea.