Asking why they used what they did has always ended up in good explanations and less than expected defense of the tool/tech itself. Often it's just because it d

Asking why they used what they did has always ended up in good explanations and less than expected defense of the tool/tech itself. Often it's just because it does the job and whoever used it knew it. Often I've asked it because I privately thought "why didn't they use X?", but I'm seldom actually interested in hearing why they didn't.