https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Semantic Versioning feed https://www.infoq.com/articles/breaking-changes-are-broken-semver/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Semantic+Versioning <img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/breaking-changes-are-broken-semver/en/headerimage/breaking-changes-are-broken-header-1705413989390.jpg"/><p>In this article, we address the most contentious and misinterpreted parts of the SemVer standard, i.e backward compatibility and breaking changes. With the proliferation of SaaS APIs for Generative AI continuing, now is a good time for a retrospection on what constitutes a breaking change and how you can trade off backward compatibility and upgradability with modernization and iterability.</p> <i>By Ashwin Raghav Mohan Ganesh</i> Cloud SaaS Semantic Versioning Release Management API Development article Thu, 18 Jan 2024 09:00:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/articles/breaking-changes-are-broken-semver/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Semantic+Versioning Ashwin Raghav Mohan Ganesh 2024-01-18T09:00:00Z /articles/breaking-changes-are-broken-semver/en