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Java 23 to 1.1: 3 Brutal Lessons I Learned in 2025
A 2025 retrospective: A senior developer recounts the 3 brutal but vital lessons learned from maintaining a legacy Java 1.1 system in a Java 23 world.
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A 2025 retrospective: A senior developer recounts the 3 brutal but vital lessons learned from maintaining a legacy Java 1.1 system in a Java 23 world.
In 2025, a critical bug forced me to do the unthinkable: desugar a modern Java 23 codebase to run on a 1997-era Java 1.1 JVM. This is my shocking story.