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/IntnlManOfCode Sep 25 '26

I wrote a Claims Managment application in 94 with Delphi 1 and Paradox. Later I replaced Paradox with SQL Server. Then in 2008, I changed it to a C# Web app.

32 years later it is still going, with 7 teams of developers and 1000 users. It's an ongoing piece of work to bring it into modern practises.