Sometimes one can just wonder how many of these decisions to do something boil down to just one person being in the right place of the totem pole in order to a

Sometimes one can just wonder how many of these decisions to do something boil down to just one person being in the right place of the totem pole in order to a) sell the product to their superiors and get their buy-in b) drive their own resume for "being the guy who created X" rather than any technological reasons or valid business reasons.