<story><title>Why the C++ standard ships every three years</title><url>https://herbsutter.com/2019/07/13/draft-faq-why-does-the-c-standard-ship-every-three-years/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cousin_it</author><text>This sounds like a great idea, can&amp;#x27;t believe I didn&amp;#x27;t see it earlier. Maybe I should adopt it for my personal projects (software, music, etc): pick a regular release schedule and stick to it, even if it means releasing less feature-rich stuff. Does anyone have experience with this approach?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>m463</author><text>Many of my personal projects have only existed because of deadlines.&lt;p&gt;If you go to shows or conferences, showing or talking about  something is the best way to &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; something, and the deadline focuses you like nothing else.&lt;p&gt;(that said, sometimes I wonder if I would have something much more polished with a last-minute magical 2-week reprieve)</text></comment>
<story><title>Why the C++ standard ships every three years</title><url>https://herbsutter.com/2019/07/13/draft-faq-why-does-the-c-standard-ship-every-three-years/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cousin_it</author><text>This sounds like a great idea, can&amp;#x27;t believe I didn&amp;#x27;t see it earlier. Maybe I should adopt it for my personal projects (software, music, etc): pick a regular release schedule and stick to it, even if it means releasing less feature-rich stuff. Does anyone have experience with this approach?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>aninteger</author><text>OpenBSD does (2 releases every year, approximately 6 months apart).</text></comment>