+1000 This was how I said it, buried off in the documentation of an open source project: I'm not a fan of the way most software is developed, where features a

+1000 This was how I said it, buried off in the documentation of an open source project: I'm not a fan of the way most software is developed, where features accrete on features in endless succession like barnacles attaching to the hull of a ship until there's more barnacles than ship. I think most developers don't spend enough time on quality, on refactoring, or on cleanliness, and I think they don't weigh the costs of every new feature (and every piece of old compatibility cruft) as heavily as they should. I'm also not a fan of the kind of personal rigidity where one never questions one's own past decisions and thoughts. I regularly make stupid design mistakes, and I don't want to have to live with them forever. Software projects should at least try to value simplicity and purposeful design, and try to avoid the Second System Effect.