Developer argues selective dependency updates beat blanket upgrades

Developer argues selective dependency updates beat blanket upgrades

Hacker News·1w·OlivierCG

OlivierCG pushes back on the update-everything instinct, arguing that indiscriminate dependency bumps introduce risk without clear benefit. The contrarian take: update when you have a concrete reason—security fix, needed feature, bug resolution—not on schedule. Relevant for solo devs managing technical debt without a QA team to catch breakage.

Share𝕏Reddit

Related stories