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by thrwaeasddsaf 1824 days ago
> Yeah, all this concern with scalability, portability and clean code, has created quite a dystopian software world.

I don't see it having anything to do with scalability, portability, or clean code.

It's just cheap and (for the developers) convenient. Developers think that their software is a gift to the world, and simply getting it made (not matter how cheaply and craply and user-hostilely) is a net positive. (I wonder how many people use all these bloated things only because they pretty much have to, due to peer pressure, company requirements, etc.)

It is possible to make software that scales, is clean, portable, and doesn't rely on massive bloat.