I suspect the unnecessary complexity adds an element of irreversibility, a conquerer's forward ratcheting. The more it sprawls deeply into everything the more stable its presence and identity. https://twitter.com/nicholatian_/status/1247122741121224704 …
Explains why it's added at the individual level (safety within company, expression of ego) as well as put up with or encouraged at the company level (stable product with strong identity)
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The only way to solidify software's "liquidity" is to tie it into knots. Unnecessary dependencies that make things difficult to understand and change works fractally at the employee-retainment level(labor) as well as the customer retainment (cashflow) level.
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