> The only thing that matters in software is the experience of the user. I mean, sometimes software development is enjoyable as an end in itself, otherwise She

> The only thing that matters in software is the experience of the user. I mean, sometimes software development is enjoyable as an end in itself, otherwise Shenzhen I/O wouldn't be a thing. That said, it's a lot more enjoyable when the blocks you're building with are nice self-contained things that work well together like LEGO bricks. As opposed to a bunch of double-clawed hammers that are all invisibly connected with strings under the floor so that when you try to pick one up your drill automagically turns on as it falls off the shelf (I am borrowing some PHP-fractal-of-bad-design metaphor but it applies just as well to Spring Boot or whatever-the-f&^& somebody with too much time on their hands thinks is fun to inflict on me). Abstractions are great so long as they don't leak. But software development seems to have become the art of not going insane while trying to maintain castles in the sky that are oozing spaghetti sauce from every crack. So anyway, I agree with the author, but maybe for slightly different reasons.