In the JavaScript world, very frequently. If latest is 2.8 and I’m coding against 2.1, I don’t want answers using 1.6. This happened enough that I now always specify versions in my prompt.

Geez

Normally I’d think of “geez” as a low-effort reply, but my reaction is exactly the same…

What on earth is the maintenance load like in that world these days? I wonder, do JavaScript people find LLMs helpful in migrating stuff to keep up?

The better solution would be the JavaScript people stop reinventing the world every few months.

The more popular a library is, the more times its updated every year, the more it will suffer this fate. You always have refine prompts with specific versions and specific ways of doing things, each will be different on your use case.

That depends on the language and domain.

MCP itself isn’t even a year old.