All semver does is tell you you are pinned to some obsolete tool, and you are going to go through a soul sucking 6 months of yak shaving to stay up to date. (ra

All semver does is tell you you are pinned to some obsolete tool, and you are going to go through a soul sucking 6 months of yak shaving to stay up to date. (rails programmer since v3 here) Semver doesn't make life easier. Making backward compatible changes is what makes life easier.