tldr: - integration is hard - parts don't always play nice - because that's not their job - the better-integrated platforms (read: apple) are worse at playin

tldr: - integration is hard - parts don't always play nice - because that's not their job - the better-integrated platforms (read: apple) are worse at playing nice with other parts - open-source communities can tie things together, but any sustained effort requires some driving entity or opportunity, so they are first to fail in a downturn [ok, that's just a hypothesis] As for how it feels: the sense of productivity/velocity is an unhelpful guide. You can end up polishing a turd, or playing infinite games, or stalling at critical point. If you instead are making something deeply valuable, the technical means are just that. fwiw, in the complex equation of development, I pick one variable to maximize that's key for my goals, and leave the others stable/conventional -- which happens to avoid integration issues. Why write? The devil made me do it.