To me sub-1.0 means you can't rely on even point releases being non-breaking changes, more than the suitability for production use... though that difference see

To me sub-1.0 means you can't rely on even point releases being non-breaking changes, more than the suitability for production use... though that difference sees some overlap. Using node as much as I have, I've gotten used to updating dependencies fairly often and spending maybe a day a month on keeping things updated and smooth. I also tend to dig into nested dependencies and my bundle sizes (more on the front end).