What breaks when nobody touches your app for three years

Short summary

An app can die without a single line of code changing — app store rules evolve, OS APIs deprecate, certificates expire, and data grows. The post argues durable platforms absorb these shocks once at the platform level so every app inherits fixes at next compilation. With AI-generated prototypes now costing a prompt, the question of whether something still works on day 1,095 matters more than ever.

• •Apps decay passively: store rules, OS deprecations, expiring certs, and data growth all break untouched code
• •Durable platforms fix issues once at the compilation-engine level, inheriting fixes to all apps
• •AI prototyping makes the day-1,095 durability question more critical, not less

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