Yes, and so really what we are seeing is just the effects of a high quality bar. If you want high-quality software, you do more iterations. And iterations produce breaking changes.
Mmm. A lot of it’s motivated by pain, with the output filtered through a web of organizational friction, principal agent problems, self-promotional nonsense, and other harmful factors. If the web’s any indication, there’s no guarantee this activity is efficient at getting us closer to meeting a high quality bar.