nostr:npub1t7dmr2xue8zaxsxhy2xkdja0nx6f8cu8y8l7hfksw98y773djkgquzpqpp I've built some bespoke beasts for special applications. Gotten paid well for them ($400k USD+). The client will pay for "life support", but they don't want to pay for ecosystem evolution.  In more than one case, what we built in < 6 months was supposed to fill a temporary need until ____ (Oracle, SAP, IBM...) "Did It Right". In one case I know of, still running, that was 9 years ago and runs critical infrastructure for a country. Even RedHat stopped support. Sigh.