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by eline44 1400 days ago
SOFTWARE CAN AND SHOULD BE DONE. Complicated and bloated systems are never done, but not every system (program/tool/etc) needs to be big, bloated, ugly and complex. It does not matter if the software is 'written for humans', if it's too complicated it won't be changed and/or fixed ever (basically)

On that note, Zawinski's Law:

“Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.”

This is mostly true, but it does not have to be. :(