 Is your software complete? Stop adding features - only bugfixes, and don't break compatibility. It should keep working forever. Is it still incomplete? Then you must have a plan to make it feature-complete in the near future. Reduce the scope if necessary - make a sequel later! But get a finished, stable version out first. Either you are responsible for maintaining every version you release, or you are responsible for perfect backwards compatibility. 7 comments
@eldaking I'm nearing basically-done on "Rhapsode"! At which point I'll focus on packaging it for others to use, & keeping dependencies updated. Which may enable new features, but there's not much more that can be added once I add webforms... I've saturated my I/O capabilities... And I'll be hard it work on "Haphaestus"!  One of the reasons I use a Chromebook at home. I deal with all that stuff during work hours so when it's my personal time I want something that just works and I don't have to think about it. Software updates on a Chromebook are just a restart, that's it. 30 seconds tops, then get on with your life. @eldaking I always imagined if I ran a software company I would build singular/modular pieces that all worked together so people could just choose what features they want and what they don’t. But I’m not a dev so I don’t know if that’s really feasible.  |
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I'm sick of updating software to meet the demands of other software updates.
I'm sick of constantly changing software to keep compatibility with other ever changing software.
I'm sick of updating _hardware_ to keep compatibility with the same software that used to work.