Upgrade struggles Memes

The eternal scream of modern developers forced to work with Java 8 in 2024. Despite being released in checks notes 2014, this ancient relic somehow manages to haunt every enterprise codebase like that one ghost that refuses to cross over to the afterlife. Meanwhile, Java 21 is sitting in the corner with its pattern matching, virtual threads, and record classes wondering why nobody loves it. But no, management insists that Java 8 is "battle-tested" and "stable" – corporate-speak for "we're terrified of upgrading our dependencies."