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Spec-ulation Keynote - Rich Hickey

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Spec-ulation Keynote - Rich Hickey

Rich Hickey's keynote on software versioning, arguing that breaking changes are the real problem and that libraries should only grow by providing more and requiring less. It critiques semantic versioning and ties into Clojure spec.

HN returns to it in every versioning and API stability debate as a challenging, contrarian talk worth watching.

20 Hacker News mentions · 2016–2024

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