Versioning: We Did It To Ourselves

Versioning! It's a topic that we all deal with on a daily basis, and yet it's a topic that many of us dread. Our ecosystems love semantic versioning, but many of us find it lacking for many of our use cases. In this episode, Kris and Matt are joined once again by Jamie and Steve to talk about versioning. The panel discusses what versioning is, when to use Semantic Versioning, whether identifiers and versions are the same thing, and so much more.

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Notes:

• PrideVer
• Don't Do Agile, Be Agile
• You're not mature enough to release your first version as v1
• XKCD: Workflow
• google/go-github
• jsdate.wtf
• Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom
• How To Build An Agent
• Robustness Principle
• Jamie's Salary History
• Matthew's Salary Transparency

Table of Contents:

• Prologue (02:00)
• Chapter 1: An Early Unpopular Opinion! (05:32)
• Chapter 2: What Is A Version? (10:36)
• Chapter 3: Semantic Versioning (22:33)
• Chapter 4: Versioning For Humans (41:59)
• Chapter 5: Choosing A Versioning Scheme (01:04:37)
• Chapter 6: SemVer Metadata (01:11:50)
• Chapter 7: Versioning In The World [Supporter Only] (01:17:24)
• Chapter 8: With AI, Do We Need Versions? [Supporter Only] (01:29:34)
• Chapter 9: Will AI Go The Way of NFTs? [Supporter Only] (01:38:04)
• Chapter 10: Liberal What Accept (02:00:08)
• Chapter 11: Closing Thoughts (02:05:41)
• Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions (02:07:55)

Hosts

• Kris Brandow - Host
• Matthew Sanabria - Host
• Jamie Tanna - Host
• Steve Klabnik - Host

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• (02:00) - Prologue
• (05:32) - Chapter 1: An Early Unpopular Opinion!
• (10:36) - Chapter 2: What Is A Version?
• (22:33) - Chapter 3: Semantic Versioning
• (41:59) - Chapter 4: Versioning For Humans
• (01:04:37) - Chapter 5: Choosing A Versioning Scheme
• (01:11:50) - Chapter 6: SemVer Metadata
• (01:17:24) - Chapter 7: Versioning In The World [Supporter Only]
• (01:29:34) - Chapter 8: With AI, Do We Need Versions? [Supporter Only]
• (01:38:04) - Chapter 9: Will AI Go The Way of NFTs? [Supporter Only]
• (02:00:08) - Chapter 10: Liberal What Accept
• (02:05:41) - Chapter 11: Closing Thoughts
• (02:07:55) - Appendix UNPOP: Unpopular Opinions