I agree that interpretation is weird. It much closer to Hewlett's view (of Hewlett-Packard fame) that "if the engineer at the next bench liked it and thought i

I agree that interpretation is weird. It much closer to Hewlett's view (of Hewlett-Packard fame) that "if the engineer at the next bench liked it and thought it would make his job easier, then it was worth doing." (quoting https://hpmuseum.org/hp35.htm https://hpmuseum.org/hp35.htm )