Post #2686128

2026-05-08 22:46 UTC

@joXn@wandering.shop @benfry@information.garden @cstross@wandering.shop @mjtsai@mastodon.social @mwl@io.mwl.io It's known that all software hits a "Goldilocks point". It's in the literature, although few read it, and no managers believe it. Software hits a point where it has the right features, at the right level, for the right audience. It has the minimum # of bugs. All changes after this point make the software _worse_. You get more complex or more fragile or more bugs. We have to learn to leave well-enough alone.

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@anne_twain@theblower.au 2026-05-09 08:58

@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social @joXn@wandering.shop @benfry@information.garden @cstross@wandering.shop @mjtsai@mastodon.social @mwl@io.mwl.io Yes. Thinking wistfully of those perfect for my purpose, neat little apps that are no longer available.

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@t_var_s@phpc.social 2026-05-09 09:31

@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social @zzt@mas.to @joXn@wandering.shop @benfry@information.garden @cstross@wandering.shop @mjtsai@mastodon.social @mwl@io.mwl.io This is when the big ecosystem drops an OS/store update and you have to keep shipping at least every year just to keep your software afloat.

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@Nick_Stevens_graphics@mastodon.art 2026-05-09 09:39

@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social @joXn@wandering.shop @benfry@information.garden @cstross@wandering.shop @mjtsai@mastodon.social @mwl@io.mwl.io Famously,, for Microsoft, this was always version 3.1

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@editer@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 18:16

@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social @joXn@wandering.shop @benfry@information.garden @cstross@wandering.shop @mjtsai@mastodon.social @mwl@io.mwl.io *nods in WordPerfect 5.1*

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