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Why does software rot? intact green terminal, calendar sheets blowing apart on the left, rusted clockwork on the right, dependency vines crawling up from below

Why Does Software Rot If Nothing Wears Out?

 cacophony  09/25/2026

Software never wears out — bits don’t age. It rots anyway, because the world around it changes, and Lehman’s laws of software evolution explain exactly how.

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