Versions vs. Versioning in the Code Versioning has existed ever since software began. And for a half century, the process of creating binaries has required the existence of version information. For…

1. You’re always and forever happy with your latest release If your last release was pretty stable, you fixed a bunch of bugs, you have quite a few happy users, well, maybe…

In the first of this series of blog posts, we talked about the problems with SemVer. In this post, we move on to Hash Versioning. Hash Versioning We define hash versioning…

The Wicked Witch of the West had it wrong. In the land of Oz, she feared getting wet and melting away, but for software development in our world, becoming liquid is…

SemVer Patch Number Discussing (and defining) versioning is never simple.  It’s a complex issue, not least because of the large number of developers who have been involved in creating solutions for…

As executives and managers, we know that technical debt is the worst inhibitor to engineering productivity. “Short cuts make long delays,” a wise hobbit once said in Tolkien’s epic, and developers’…

Zero-day security threats constitute a critical imperative driving software development towards liquid software (i.e., continuous updates). First, let’s be clear about terminology. When we hear about zero-day vulnerabilities, zero-day exploits, and…

An American systems scientist, Peter Senge, said that. He could have been talking about developers who think liquid software (i.e., continuous updates) is still conceptual, something that’s not ready for prime…

The Birth of a Vision We all like to engage with the people who use our products; whether we’re at customer sites, figuring out solutions for complex cases of advanced usage…