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Madame Semver Will See You Now

The article compares the tech industry's reliance on Semantic Versioning (SemVer) to a quack doctor's placebo pill, arguing it gives a false sense of safety while developers ignore deeper systemic issues in dependency management and API stability.

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  • A blog post titled "Madame Semver Will See You Now" frames semantic versioning decisions through a tarot-card reading metaphor, suggesting that versioning outcomes are predetermined and inevitable.