[hazz99]

>They could go even further down if the tool didn't need to be pretty enough to sell to non-scientists, both in terms of ... [focusing] entirely on simplicity of raw data input and clarity of data output without interpretations.

Most tools within the sciences that require vast computation power aren't pretty, nor output data in a nice, readable form. What do you think university supercomputers are for? They run extremely stripped-down operating systems[0] designed for a single application & single user.

I'm at a research university (as a student) and I guarantee that most home-grown tools here are not user-friendly, but exist to get the job done. This data is then interpreted in other, more user-friendly programs/environments like Tableu/Matlab/Julia/whatever.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INK_(operating_system)