"Here’s the kicker, though. It's extremely likely that whichever vendor emerges on top will fall into the same trap. The incentives almost guarantee it." Why d

"Here’s the kicker, though. It's extremely likely that whichever vendor emerges on top will fall into the same trap. The incentives almost guarantee it." Why do all bug trackers start out as "simpler than $TODAY'S_DOMINANT_BUG_TRACKER", only to become the thing that tomorrow's bug tracker is simpler than? Why do programming languages almost all start as a "simple alternative to $X", only to be the thing that needs a simpler alternative in 10 years? Why are there so many UNIX shells that start as "simple alternatives" but then grow too large? Why are there so many libraries and frameworks that started out as "lightweight" but grew into monsters? Because the problem is in the incentive structure of the problem space, not the terrible programmers who just couldn't resist adding so much complexity.