Every problem, every limitation, every frustrating debug session seemed to have the same solution: Use a modern solution. Modern encryption algorithms. Modern deployment pipelines. Modern database solutions. The word modern has become the cure-all solution, promising to solve not just our immediate problems, but somehow prevent future ones entirely. I remember upgrading an app from PHP 5.3 to 7.1. It felt like it was cutting edge. But years later, 7.1 was also outdated. The application had a ...
