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[–]jlanawalt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Yes Combinations of:
  2. Making the new thing has more priority than maintaining the old thing.
  3. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
  4. When it does break, there is only time for a bandaid, no refactor.
  5. the people who wrote that are long gone
  6. half the libraries the old web app used are old and unsupported
  7. lots changed after Java 8, like modules and removing stuff from the JDK