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		almostnormal on Dec 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera ma... > and never makes breaking changes, so your code will run the same 20 years from now. But only if you can get it to work in all browsers and derivatives today, including their versions of the last 20 years.

schwartzworld on Dec 2, 2022 [–]

Is this a real issue? I doubt the average new coder needs to worry about supporting 20 year old browsers today. I've never worked at a company that needed to support ie8 or whatever.

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