Ai tech changes fast, The old model is very outdated. Presumably why its being updated. but also, the new one might be outdated by now.

This is indeed what it seems like. Developers and humans in general have never learned to leave well enough alone after a certain point. They always think they can do better, but when it turns out that this is not the case, going back to a previously working version is something that seems hard to do. Because of ego?

This is something that seems to happen with some many sites and software. Always the tinkering, the messing around with things, presumably for the sake of keeping busy?

I'm not seeing any changes on desktop so I'm not sure what you're referring to. Is this a mobile thing or am I missing something?

And why do devs have to change EVERY design that works?!

I just can’t understand it. Is this some kind of illness or obsession among developers?

Why does a programmer seemingly need to introduce modifications to things the user is accustomed to and doesn't consider broken -- that's actually a good question.

It's the eternal dev-user tension of progress versus familiarity. The straight answer is that, from the programmer's perspective, it can be safely assumed that the average user doesn't know squat, so if a change is deemed as necessary for the long-term improvement of the software, then that's that; complaints will happen, but they'll be completely ignored to preserve mental energy and everybody will eventually just move on with their lives. I'm not saying that's a happy ending, it's just generally what happens.

Look at a large project like Blender, just to name a popular example. Every few versions, they make changes that are disruptive to established workflows and obviously this frustrates a lot of people. Have their reactions managed to fundamentally alter this equation? No. The tool continues to evolve, and the users have to -- willingly or begrudgingly -- adapt to it rather than expect it to remain the same forever.

Key difference here is that the Blender Foundation can afford to provide older versions of their software, whereas Perchance (presumably) cannot, so the frustration hits harder as there's simply no going back. To that I say: if we look at the precedent set by post-update complaints in the vein of "switch back to the old [insert thing]", either for Perchance or otherwise, then the inevitable conclusion we must come to is that such course of action is largely ineffective.

So friction is, unfortunately, baked into the development process -- that's not a novel concept by any means. Could this tension be managed better? An interesting concept, perhaps possible. But closing the "communication gap" at the root of this issue is honestly not something I'd expect from a solo dev working on their passion project, by which I very much mean to say life is short and your days only get shorter, would you spend your waning time on this plane of existence addressing every uninformed user opinion only to have to do it all over again sooner rather than later? Yeah, no. It is what it is.

Finally, suggesting that programmers are unwell ("Is this some kind of illness or obsession among developers?") just strikes me as disrespectful, and I will add, one might as well ask a similar question of the user upon witnessing the expectable reaction to this recurring situation.

Sincerely, idk some unix boi

I'm not sure which generator you're talking about here. I don't think I've substantially changed the UI of any of my own generators recently. Note that anyone can create their own generator on Perchance, so you might have been using someone else's. Can you share a link?

oh my gawd my seeds!!! all my stunning image seeds not working anymore. I really hate this.

https://lemmy.world/post/44305642