The latest articles on DEV Community by Sereton (@sereton). https://dev.to/sereton https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F228367%2Ffe773649-7255-4477-8371-57a063884720.png https://dev.to/sereton en Sereton Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:06:42 +0000 https://dev.to/sereton/on-the-nietzschean-eternal-return-on-software-3cej https://dev.to/sereton/on-the-nietzschean-eternal-return-on-software-3cej <p>With the lousy title what I meant it is the following situation in software development: Time and time again a technology is considered "dead" or obsolete and then not only it does persist on time but its influence grows. So top of mind I have the following examples:</p> <ul> <li><p>C. Considered dead many many times. Alive and kicking. Same for Unix-flavored OSes.</p></li> <li><p>Relational databases. Now Postgresql is more popular and used than never before.</p></li> <li><p>Server rendered webpages.</p></li> <li><p>Not software related, but still interesting, Vinyl discs.</p></li> <li><p>COBOL...joking</p></li> </ul> <p>I wonder what other examples you have in mind.</p> discuss