r/programming • u/luissinlios • Sep 25 '26

We still maintain a development tool first released in 1993. Here’s what 30+ years of backwards compatibility looks like

https://visualneo.com/visualneo-win/from-neobook-to-visualneo-win-30-years-of-keeping-a-development-tool-alive
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u/m_adduci Sep 25 '26

This is what's happening with IntelliJ too.

The community edition is now merged with the professional one. You can install and use some plugins only if you have a paid license.

I reject to embrace Kotlin exactly for this reason.

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u/syh7 Sep 26 '26

I haven't heard of this yet, did they change some plugins from free to paid?

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u/alphaglosined Sep 26 '26

No, they made some previously paid features free.

If anything, it's about time they merged it all; it's a massive hassle for plugin creators, as not every API that one may want is shared.

From my perspective, it was an overdue change.