Some First Thoughts on Next 13

When I started my career, nearly all software aimed at developers was paid. Beta programs were closed, mostly limited to prominent members of the community. On the one hand, this meant that very few developers had much of a grasp of the new features when the new version was released. On the other hand, the small pool of beta testers meant that the team developing the new version could help testers get unblocked to fully exercise it. The way testers got to be prominent members of the community was through spending considerable time helping others learn the software, so time invested in teaching them to use the new version was well spent. <a href="https://medium.com/better-programming/some-first-thoughts-on-next-13-922a6a6c5200">Read More</a>