[matkoniecz]

> when a project is being actively developed, tagged releases are the only safe option to ship to users.

Not always. https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine is a great software, being developed but for some reason without release since 2016.

Last release does not work anymore, shipping master branch works.

[dewey]

The author isn't saying that it's the only possible way to ship software to users, he's saying that it's the only safe / good option.

Just because some project without a proper release cycle does it doesn't make this statement any less true.