> Each niche has optimized over time for its own needs and requirements. Sure, but those "needs and requirements" aren't necessarily aligned with things that p

> Each niche has optimized over time for its own needs and requirements. Sure, but those "needs and requirements" aren't necessarily aligned with things that produce good software, and I think a lot of software development these days is not aligned. Further, I think the evolutionary path of the web in particular has produced a monstrosity that we'd be better off scrapping and starting over with at this point, but that's a tangential discussion.