So you thought your app was done? Code rot is real.
It’s easy to think that once your web application is live, or your mobile app is launched in the app store, and you’ve incorporated all the user feedback, the money is rolling in, now you can sit back on the beach sipping Mai Tais. Unfortunately that isn’t the case. If only things were so easy. Even if no one touches the code, no new deployments, things can still go wrong. This phenomenon, often called “code rot” or “software decay,” is a natural part of a software project’s lifecycle. It’s not due to negligence of the developers, but rather the constantly changing environment in which software operates.
