Breakage is not OK

If a developer says he or she is going to break users, thank them for letting you know and then hit the Back button.

Only (some) software developers think breakage is okay. Imagine if you took your car to the dealer for an oil change and when you got in to drive it it didn’t work. Version 2.0 says the mechanic when you complain. Now how to get get home?

Or if one day you went to the subway and the station wasn’t there. “There aren’t any subways,” someone says to you. They were deprecated. Didn’t you see the version change?

Or the doctor operates on you, a simple procedure on your arm, but in the process takes out your heart. You die. You shouldn’t be surprised, hearts are no longer necessary. Sorry you died. Next patient!

The world does not work that way. That software developers think they can get away with this is an indication of some sense of power or indispensibleness that’s completely unrealistic. We can get on without you or your software. So keep that in mind when you decide to break users.