This reminds me of the thing with musical albums. Albums are the length that they are because of the technical constraints of the medium: you can only fit so m

This reminds me of the thing with musical albums. Albums are the length that they are because of the technical constraints of the medium: you can only fit so many tracks on a vinyl disk. However, this constraint has been adopted by musicians as a creative constraint - an album is a "feels right" amount of music for an artist to produce. You can tell a story in an album, fit a narrative arc in that much space. But, y'know, sometimes you need a double album to tell the story properly. Some stories need more room. I like 80 lines as a guideline. It feels about right, and fits my eyeballs. But I'm not going to let that stop me if I need more space. Some code demands more space.