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The last part advises being feature conservative to avoid promises altogether. For that, look to enterprise software where backwards compatibility is a legal agreement; this carries a bunch of alternative issues.

I attempted to fix your questionable grammar as to make your writing easier to understand.

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The original is understandable. The person might not be a native speaker and calling their grammar "questionable" is too harsh, especially on an online forum. Also I don't think some of your "fixes" are necessary or meaningful.

> I attempted to fix your questionable grammar as[sic] to make your writing easier to understand

Muphry's Law strikes again! I think you meant "...so as to make..."

(+1 to the other reply - the original was perfectly readable)

Ideally you’d just remove the word ‘as’ for the most concise and correct sentence.

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