# Meta-feature request: don't put yourself on the hook for any more big features

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meta-feature-request-dont-put-yourself-on-the-hook-for-any-more-big-features/198>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [November 1, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meta-feature-request-dont-put-yourself-on-the-hook-for-any-more-big-features/198 "2014-11-01T13:31:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dreev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/dreev/32/4311_2.png) [@dreev](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/dreev)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/meta-feature-request-dont-put-yourself-on-the-hook-for-any-more-big-features/198/12 "2014-11-24T19:26:46Z")

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In theory you can have the best of both worlds, by not offering the bleeding edge beta setting to newbees, for example. But mostly I’m swayed by @nick’s response here, at least about clean-vs-beta. That can backfire and lead to more bugs. Nick’s experience with exactly that is a key datapoint. Another thing Nick didn’t mention explicitly: the time spent implementing that could be spent just fixing bugs! (:

To repeat my response to @mary from the [other thread on clean-vs-beta](http://forum.beeminder.com/t/clean-and-beta-versions-options-please/260/2?u=dreev "Again, super grateful for this kind of feedback, and for ideas and suggestions like clean-vs-beta, even if we decide not to implement them!"), your points are also super persuasive and we jumped all over the bug you mentioned there and are ready to jump all over the next most frustrating one you’re experiencing. Thanks again for the help with this!

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