Just About to Migrate: The Eternal Legacy Framework Migration Promise
Description
A multi-panel black-and-white stick figure comic titled 'Just about to migrate'. Panel 1: Two developers play ping pong arguing 'We should use Laravel' vs 'No way! Symfony!'. Panel 2: A third person enters the social room asking 'Hey new guys! What you two argue about?' while one says 'Laravel!'. Panel 3: They explain it's about an 'Upcoming legacy migration to a new framework' and one argues 'And we should choose Symfony!'. Panel 4: An observer says 'Ah... so they still do it!' while others ask 'Do what?' and 'Who?'. Panel 5: Someone calls HR saying '...they still tell every candidate...'. Final panel: The punchline - '...that we are just about to migrate.' The comic satirizes how companies perpetually promise legacy migrations during hiring but never actually execute them
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The migration has been 'about to start' for so long it's now a legacy migration from the migration plan itself
That 'imminent' migration project is the company's Schrödinger's cat: it's both happening and not happening, and you only find out the reality after you've signed the offer letter and seen the codebase
After 15 years in tech, you realize 'we're about to migrate' is just corporate speak for 'we've accepted our technical debt as a permanent resident'
Every company has that 'upcoming migration' that's been on the roadmap since before the current framework was even released - it's the technical equivalent of 'we're a family here,' except the family never leaves the house they've been planning to move out of for a decade
Framework migrations: the eternal ping pong where today's hot new stack aces tomorrow's legacy interview fodder
Laravel still exists? Sorry I am not using PHP since 2015 Comment deleted
Yep, its very used yet Comment deleted
PHP still exists? Comment deleted
and is blooming as never before Comment deleted