I believe this to be an artifact of our current paradigm of software development, which is based purely around static "batch processing" where the software can'

I believe this to be an artifact of our current paradigm of software development, which is based purely around static "batch processing" where the software can't be molded easily. (I didn't want it to come off as a plug, so I didn't add it to my original message, but I'm working on something to solve that.) To get a better idea of what I think is the better approach, check out these talks: Tudor Gîrba - Moldable development - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pot9GnHFOVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pot9GnHFOVU Jack Rusher - Stop Writing Dead Programs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab3ArE8W3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ab3ArE8W3s