--- title: Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake | daily.dev description: Semantic Versioning is the idea of versioning software with a three-part string format. It allows for backward compatibility and incrementing version numbers... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/semantic-versioning-is-a-terrible-mistake-vh71v73gu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake | daily.dev og:description: Semantic Versioning is the idea of versioning software with a three-part string format. It allows for backward compatibility and incrementing version numbers... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/semantic-versioning-is-a-terrible-mistake-vh71v73gu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vh71V73gU.png og:image:alt: Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Semantic Versioning is the idea of versioning software with a three-part string format. It allows for backward compatibility and incrementing version numbers for bug fixes and feature additions. However, some people interpret it as permission to make breaking changes, leading to a frequent release of major versions in various software ecosystems. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/semantic-versioning-is-a-terrible-mistake-vh71v73gu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/semantic-versioning-is-a-terrible-mistake-vh71v73gu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/semantic-versioning-is-a-terrible-mistake-vh71v73gu"},"datePublished":"2024-01-02T08:03:57.344Z","dateModified":"2024-01-02T08:03:56.185Z","description":"Semantic Versioning is the idea of versioning software with a three-part string format. It allows for backward compatibility and incrementing version numbers...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0c6a6b5bcfc60aa669753716a543336e?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0c6a6b5bcfc60aa669753716a543336e?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/semantic-versioning-is-a-terrible-mistake-vh71v73gu","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Semantic Versioning is a terrible mistake"}]} ```