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1Technologies in Practice, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Journal of Aging Studies
|November 28, 2024
Summary
Software aging is complex, with perceptions of decline influenced by subjective, normative tropes. Understanding how developers code software as "old" reveals insights into maintenance practices and temporal hierarchies in software work.
Area of Science:
- Software Engineering
- Science and Technology Studies
- Sociology of Technology
Background:
- Legacy software management presents significant complexity due to revisions and interdependencies.
- Software aging is perceived subjectively, influenced by normative tropes distinguishing desirable from undesirable change.
- New code and platform updates are often framed as rejuvenation, contrasting with the decline of aging systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how software developers and engineers understand and articulate software aging in practice.
- To analyze the stakes involved in delineating software as aged or old.
- To explore the relationship between software aging discourse and the temporal regimes of software work.
Main Methods:
- Close readings of software engineering discourse.
- Ethnographic vignettes of software developers and engineers.
- Analysis of age-coded tropes in software maintenance discussions.
Main Results:
- Software aging is frequently figured through tropes associated with the abject, excess, and grotesque.
- The perception of software aging is linked to existing gendered hierarchies in software work.
- Discourses of aging software reinforce chrononormativities, privileging atemporal and ahistorical relationships with code.
Conclusions:
- The subjective and normative nature of software aging discourse shapes maintenance decisions.
- Understanding these tropes reveals underlying assumptions about time, value, and labor in software development.
- Challenging age-coded tropes is crucial for more equitable and effective software maintenance practices.
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