> And what software developers consider "simplicity and good design" often comes across to other people as "I have no idea what to do and looking at this litera

> And what software developers consider "simplicity and good design" often comes across to other people as "I have no idea what to do and looking at this literally gives me anxiety to the point that I want to avoid it." Software UX is a garbage fire [1], but good software UX doesn't necessarily mean building things an untrained user can easily figure out how to use. That's just the orthodoxy we've happened to take with most software, which may also limit its potential. See https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/of-mice-and-men/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/of-mice-and-men/.