[zentiggr]

> but it's hard to imagine anyone finding value in deliberately complicating things

Except for that special guru who writes The Framework for the company, because why not a Forth-based DSL for everyone to work in? Overblown, I know, but there are kitchen sink types, or those who just don't know that there's an easier way, and other reasons to wind up with too many tools or layers or libraries.

(I've been guilty of not knowing easier ways, so...)

[nogabebop23]

even if this is true (and it definitely can be) this would fall into the accidental category of complexity and be a magnitude less impactful than the essential fact that "building software is hard because it is".