The amount of code, libraries, and resources needed to make this glorified calculator on a "smartphone" is truly overwhelming. Could literally do the same thin

The amount of code, libraries, and resources needed to make this glorified calculator on a "smartphone" is truly overwhelming. Could literally do the same thing extremely well with an ncurses program and a damn ssh link back to home. Could literally have done the same thing with Google docs. But no it's gotta be an app so Susan can use her smartphone. This is an official event, not an ad hoc conversation during soccer practice. Yet, apparently no one could setup a small desktop or a laptop to handle a singularly simple task and do it well. Instead, social onus and seemingly common wisdom says everything must be a fancy looking app, and proceeds to throw 60k down the drain to accomplish nothing. I'm impressed.