I disagree with the author. However, I don't think this was meant to be taken literally, but more as a tongue in cheek observation of the poster's perception of

I disagree with the author. However, I don't think this was meant to be taken literally, but more as a tongue in cheek observation of the poster's perception of their own situation. As an aside, recently, I've started doing YYYY-MM-DD for releases. I don't know why, but that's how I ended up subconsciously, after using semver for years. Currently, I version the API, and date the release. I have not yet had the audacity to pull this off in any larger projects, but small tools, internal releases, who's going to judge for trying something new where the risk is low? I'm not saying it's right, just that it works for me.