[notShabu]

as a counterpoint, this is sorta similar to how Apple creates products:

there's quote about magic:

> Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect. - Teller

The 3x code is all the magical "stuff" and that goes on in the background to create the illusion of something magical just working as well as non-essential "flourishes" like animation of different font support

However the key difference is that one magical feature is worth more than 1.5x a list of features to sell to various customers who only care about a different subset of those features.

In both cases though, it's understood that there is an additional burden of complexity and upkeep in order to achieve an end goal. Every line of code adds additional entropy to the system until it caps out based on whatever rate of entropy expulsion the culture can maintain.

The diminishing return on additional lines of code may be an unavoidable part of large systems. So it always feels like returning to the "Beginning" via a new project or new startup increase agency and leverage. Which is then perceived by marketing/sales/etc... as a constant refusal to move into the "future" b/c of "bad code danger".