Comment by MintPaw

What kind of experience you have is about what kinda of developer you are. If you're the kinda programmer who wants to use all the newest versions of stuff because you think it'll be better, then you'll be in an endless quagmire of hitting limitations.

Most web programmers fall into that bucket for example. If you're the type to recoil at XMLHttpRequest, reaching to fetch or other even newer stuff. Then you'll balk at Win32 and be in a never ending pit of new Windows technology. I'd argue this is true of basically all new software. It's worth starting with whatever the oldest most compatible version of your target and ignoring the advertising and hype.