[DJN]

>> This is a classic trap for technology entrepreneurs, right up there with 'building tools that makes it easier for non-technical people to build apps'.

Can you kindly expatiate on why building dev tools for non-technical people requires a web of trust?

For any given individual, evaluating whether such tools work for you should be a pretty quick exercise similar to test-driving a car. Why would you need a web of trust?

[somedudetbh]

it doesn't. My point was only that lots of technology entrepreneurs view 'generalizable web of trust' as a good opportunity, when it is not, similarly to how they view 'tools to make it easier for non-technical people to build apps' as a good opportunity, when its not.

SOrry if that was confusing i was writing pretty stream-of-consciousness