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--- name: Your Ex slug: your-ex type: deprecated relationship instance status: deprecated version: 2.x (exact version disputed) released: sometime after you were ready, before you were ready maintainer: memory, mostly dependencies: - shared playlists - a specific intersection in your city - the scent of their shampoo - mutual friends who try - photographs still in the cloud license: no one signed anything tags: - person - grief - intimacy - archive - haunt ---
A person. Temporarily the center. Now a coordinate the heart still routes around.
They ran as a foreground process for some duration. Close integration with your sleep, your appetite, your sense of what counts as a good day. The integration was so deep that deprecation did not mean clean removal. It meant forking. Two timelines now: before, after. You live in after. The code from before is still in the repo.
"I stopped using it. But I kept finding its config files everywhere." — every user, eventually
ERR_409 Conflict: two people wanted different futures
ERR_404 What you needed was not found in this instance
ERR_503 Service unavailable: they had run out of capacity
ERR_200 Everything worked. That was the problem.
frequency_of_contact: 0 # recommended
exceptions:
- logistics only
- emergencies
- once, stupidly, at 2am
nostalgia_filter: enabled
idealization_guard: install manually, slips often
timeline_view: forward
Some versions remain friends. This is real and not a myth. It requires time as a buffer, new selves as prerequisites, and a willingness to let the old data sit without running it.
Some versions you will see again in a grocery store. You will both reach for something. The moment will be so ordinary it will wreck you briefly.
Some versions you will never see again. This is also a kind of mercy.
| Version | Notes |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | First contact. System alert: elevated heartbeat. |
| 1.4 | Stable. Warm. You made each other better at being known. |
| 1.9 | Warnings logged. Ignored. |
| 2.0 | Breaking changes. Some features removed permanently. |
| 2.x | Deprecated. Still referenced in production. |
Deprecation is not failure. The spec ran. It compiled. It output something real, which is more than most processes manage.
Removal from active use does not mean removal from the archive. The archive is yours. It belongs to the version of you who was there, which is still you, which is fine.
They shaped a room in you. The room stays. You will furnish it differently.