Spec-ulation Keynote - Rich Hickey
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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.
Why HN recommends it: HN returns to it in every versioning and API stability debate as a challenging, contrarian talk worth watching.
“Whenever an idea about API versioning springs into mind it is always worthwhile to watch Rich Hickey's Spec-ulation talk” Read on HN ↗