Cavanoskus

I’m an experienced technical writer whose job has often included composing detailed release notes for software updates. There has been a growing trend that my professional side finds disgusting: the decision to replace detailed, informative release notes with vague statements such as “fixed some bugs and added some new features” that serve only to keep users in the dark. What new features? How do we know what to look for if we aren’t told what they are? What bugs were fixed? Was your specific issue fixed? You’ll never know without guessing! Now, it’s one thing when a tiny indie developer does