[staticelf]

One can compare it to any other product in the real world. Just think about cars. Every car is about the same nowadays, many uses the same parts under the hood. But still, every car has different functions, different designs and slightly different placement of things UI-wise.

This is the state of the development world as well. It is like this because not everyone wants the same generic model and every company has to stick out in some way.

[mattbrewsbytes]

The thing about cars, or any real-world comparison, is that software is always changeable. Its hard to change manufacturing lines over a new design for cars, thats why they have designs out there for years at a time.

I think the vast majority of our time isn't wiring a UI to CRUD actions, its dealing with the complexities of whatever business domain the CRUD app is intended.

[shubb]

It's also worth pointing out that the design cost of a new model of car (which is equivalent to a new VERSION of an existing software product) is at least 1 billion dollars.

If a really good big crud app costs 100k on upwork is more similar to remodelling an office. In many ways.

http://bramaindustries.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/office...

[staticelf]

Software is changeable but I think it's hard to change stuff for large applications as well. Just think of the massive work that goes into redesigning an enterprise application that users have been using for years.

It's not that easy..

[dabockster]

> not everyone wants the same generic model and every company has to stick out in some way

You also have all those little edge cases that do not fit in a generic CRUD model.