[jdjb]

I wonder how much of this is due to the idea: 1) non-technical users need to be able to use our software. How much code today is about preventing users from doing something they should know better? 2) we're less and less able to say "no, that goes way beyond the project's scope" to our bosses. Our bosses will quickly reply "yeah well Google's ______ does it, so why can't we?".

[shitgoose]

this is due to the idea that modern sw developers do not care what they do, but care a lot about how they do things. They pay no attention to the business problem at hand (in my experience they get very upset when I try to draw their attention to the business requirements) but spend all their time discussing what *-pad framework is the best candidate.