[wccrawford]

You're missing the point that it isn't worse than what's already out there for them.

They've implemented only the parts they need, and removed all the crap that just complicates the system for them. They've made it do exactly what they need, exactly how they need it. It's something that you couldn't afford to do previously, sometimes even as a programmer. Now, it's often quick and easy, up to a certain complexity.

[timr]

> They've made it do exactly what they need, exactly how they need it.

…until it breaks, or the bot goes off and does something ridiculous that you can’t understand without domain expertise. Which always happens.

I’m sympathetic to your argument, but I also strongly believe that most of these so-called “exactly what I need” projects will be abandoned within a fairly short time. That’s totally fine, but it’s not where most of the effort in professional software lies.