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"Future-proof"

"Future-proof" means designed to remain useful, relevant, or functional even as technology, requirements, or circumstances change over time.

Say this instead: built to last

How "Future-proof" shows up at work

Appears in technical decisions to justify spending more, and in architecture reviews to justify not changing something. No system is actually future-proof; the honest version of this claim is 'we thought hard about this and it should hold for a while.'

Buzzword

We chose this stack because it is more future-proof than what we had before.

Plain English

We chose this stack because it is built to last better than what we had before.

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