It sounds like UNIX. I'm convinced that the interesting stuff happens at the interface. It's just like for neural networks: the information bottleneck makes ea

It sounds like UNIX. I'm convinced that the interesting stuff happens at the interface. It's just like for neural networks: the information bottleneck makes each tool distill information inside its output. 1+1 > 2 when multiple people cooperate, thanks to this. I think the same can be applied to software. It really has plenty of advantages: code more audited, swappable parts, common interfaces, standardization on data exchange formats, testability of the components.