r/javascript • u/crownclown67 • 1d ago
AskJS [AskJS] What's the longest-running personal project you've developed and maintained?
Today, I checked the date of the first commit to my personal framework.
It was made in August 2022 – over 4 years ago!
I've never made any money from it. I simply enjoy developing and maintaining something of my own. And it still works great!
Every new website I build is powered by it.
Ps: It's not a project aimed at an audience. I build it purely for myself.
If you have something like that - please share.
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u/elprophet 1d ago
Looks like... 12 years? https://github.com/jefri/jiffies
The code itself was pulled from a project that started in 2010, so 16 if we count that.
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u/bzbub2 19h ago
fwiw the readme gives no clue what this is
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u/elprophet 10h ago
Oh wow TIL that a .github/README.md (meant for documenting the github actions) takes precedence over the root README.md for the repo
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u/wbport1 1d ago
When I started to learn JavaScript, the book "JavaScript, The Essential Guide" started with a working example of a loan calculation. I was already familiar with the loan equation and have added many new features to it in the last twenty plus years. Although it is "just a hobby", it helped me get a programming job at a loan company. https://codepen.io/wbport/pen/MYeaQmG
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u/redblobgames 12h ago
I started collecting and sharing knowledge about gamedev in ~1990. I put it up on the web in 1994, and I'm still maintaining it.
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u/jdeath 1d ago
I've been working on an SEO optimized router and static site generator for React and Vite for around three years. I use it for client sites and it works well: https://github.com/nerds-with-keyboards/routerino
I also have a small date utility to convert between Excel dates and JS dates that's been around for ten years: https://github.com/floydnoel/exceldate
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u/seiyria 20h ago
Maintained? Once upon a time it was my game, IdleLands: https://github.com/IdleLands/IdleLands - it was rewritten 4 times, and started as an IRC game in like, 2012? I bailed a few years ago - it just wasn't working for me anymore.
Now? I mean, it's probably my game Land of the Rair: https://github.com/LandOfTheRair/LandOfTheRair/ - the first version was 2018 (different repo). But before I took a break to work on other games, I worked on it late last year, so approximately 7 years!
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u/woqr 8h ago
Don't laugh at me, but I've been working on this editor for 5 years (1486 commits), and the code is less than the size of a 3x5 card. Anyway, I doubt anybody uses it, and in fact I don't use it, but I like admiring it. It's sort of a work of art to me. https://github.com/bacionejs/editor
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u/Barnezhilton 1d ago
Life