I prefer stability over optimal, especially in my development environment.
I use macOS with nix-darwin, so updating my applications is never very concerning - I can always just rollback if an update is bad. But macOS updates, while generally they don't break anything, have broken enough that it's the scariest part of my year.
The year they shut down any folders in the `/` directory was my (and many coworkers) downfall. It took me a solid 3-4 hours to recoup everything in a working order, and there were failing straggler scripts that were discovered months later.
As such I generally avoid updates as often as possible. Also, to be fair, I have a history in IT and while personal computer updates are generally good, infrastructure updates are time-consuming, error-prone, and generally scary, so I do have a default aversion.
I use macOS with nix-darwin, so updating my applications is never very concerning - I can always just rollback if an update is bad. But macOS updates, while generally they don't break anything, have broken enough that it's the scariest part of my year.
The year they shut down any folders in the `/` directory was my (and many coworkers) downfall. It took me a solid 3-4 hours to recoup everything in a working order, and there were failing straggler scripts that were discovered months later.
As such I generally avoid updates as often as possible. Also, to be fair, I have a history in IT and while personal computer updates are generally good, infrastructure updates are time-consuming, error-prone, and generally scary, so I do have a default aversion.