Software development seems much more opposed to standardization than traditional engineering disciplines. I don't know if it's an artifact of software developme

Software development seems much more opposed to standardization than traditional engineering disciplines. I don't know if it's an artifact of software development itself (e.g., things are just so easy to change by comparison that it becomes hard to set a standard because things move so fast) or if its an artifact of software being a much newer discipline than others. E.g., when you look at mechanical designs from the early industrial age, it becomes pretty clear there were no standards then either.