When I was learning programming, I "wrote" an internal app where a supervisor input some information in a form, it connected to an oracle database and then printed out an outbound manifest for a truck full of car parts.
I put "wrote" in quotes because what I had actually done was install Apache and PHP Nuke on a Windows NT server and then modified an existing form page to do what I wanted.
I wrote that application in 2002 and never had a problem with it. I never restarted Apache or the server or did any maintenance. I didn't even upgrade Windows NT if I'm being honest. Windows NT became unsupported in something like 2006 and I left the company in 2010.
I received a call in 2018 from the last person still working there who knew who I was. It had finally fallen over and they wanted to know if I could help. That was the first time it ever had an issue.
I put "wrote" in quotes because what I had actually done was install Apache and PHP Nuke on a Windows NT server and then modified an existing form page to do what I wanted.
I wrote that application in 2002 and never had a problem with it. I never restarted Apache or the server or did any maintenance. I didn't even upgrade Windows NT if I'm being honest. Windows NT became unsupported in something like 2006 and I left the company in 2010.
I received a call in 2018 from the last person still working there who knew who I was. It had finally fallen over and they wanted to know if I could help. That was the first time it ever had an issue.