Version++

So Ibrahim, do you have anything new to offer?

Our understanding of "new version" is all wrong.

In general, "new version" means a better something. A better iPhone, a better Windows, Web 3.0.

Even Covid has versions, B.1.617. 2

This concept of better has been extended to things like "Me 2.0"

But the defining feature of a version upgrade, with semantic versioning, is

MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes

Version++ is less about being better, and more about being incompatible.

• With old habits, and addictions
• With old friends, old family
• With old ideas, aspirations, philosophies

To be able to write on a public blog, I needed to give up on writing for an audience and also give up on having a goal and instead just keep writing

@deprecation.deprecated(
    deprecated_in="1.0", removed_in="2.0",
    current_version=__version__,
    details="write_for_myself instead")
def write_for_audience():
    return 1

@deprecation.deprecated(
    deprecated_in="1.0", removed_in="2.0",
    current_version=__version__,
    details="keep_writing instead")
def have_a_goal():
    return 1

Still more to remove, still more to deprecate