I agree, but part of it is that the abstraction layers most people are used to just aren't very good. For example, the way people do MVC doesn't leave a good pl

I agree, but part of it is that the abstraction layers most people are used to just aren't very good. For example, the way people do MVC doesn't leave a good place for logic, so it gets bound to a controller or view or model. None of which is a very good place for logic. So, people add layers, and it gets gross. Better patters would help avoid all the layers.