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by rfgplk 3 days ago
You're assuming the current ensemble of commonly used software stacks is the most optimal there is. This assumption is simply wrong. Even looking at something simple like the office suite you can probably find countless areas where improvements can be made.
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> You're assuming the current ensemble of commonly used software stacks is the most optimal there is.

No, I'm assuming that the level of practical complexity has a much lower bound than people seem to be trying to service, and that while that bound will grow with time it doesn't grow at the rate the available “solutions” do.