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		enquon on Aug 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apps Getting Worse When a product feature plateaus, the team starts inventing work from top down instead of bottom up; so as to keep themselves busy. The oblique objective is that, that the product becomes worse.

kristopolous on Aug 8, 2021 [–]

Software can be done.

I used to get constantly brigaded by people on HN for claiming there's a point of completion.

I believe people in general have come around to this idea more lately.

It's possible to get to a point of "no further improvement, only maintenance"

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