minus-squareitsybitesyspider@beehaw.orgtoExperienced Devs@programming.dev•How do you balance rapid iteration and merging/upgrading?linkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI like library providers that can provide mechanical upgrade instructions. For example: model.adjust(x,1,y) is now model.single(Adjustment.Foo, x).with_attribute(y) Or whatever. Then people can go through your instructions find-and-replacing the changes, or even better, have an automated tool do it. Also you pay some of the maintenance burden by writing all this documentation, so you have a some stake in keeping the changes minimal. linkfedilink
I like library providers that can provide mechanical upgrade instructions. For example:
model.adjust(x,1,y)is nowmodel.single(Adjustment.Foo, x).with_attribute(y)Or whatever. Then people can go through your instructions find-and-replacing the changes, or even better, have an automated tool do it.
Also you pay some of the maintenance burden by writing all this documentation, so you have a some stake in keeping the changes minimal.