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uludag ◴[] No.42175643[source]
The worst part isn't just that it's nearly impossible to run/update an outdated JS project, but that this process will repeat itself ad infinitum.

On the flip side, anything that uses vanilla JS without a build will most likely run just fine, probably till the end of human civilization.

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1. cxr ◴[] No.42177202[source]
> it's nearly impossible to run/update an outdated JS project

You corrected yourself, but it's worth emphasizing here: a _NodeJS_ project, you mean.

Unless you're using non-standard APIs, stuff written to run in the browser generally keeps working just as well as it did before, no matter whether it was written 2 years ago or 10.