What if software were as easy to modify as spreadsheets?

· Bits and Bobs 8/11/25
  • What if software were as easy to modify as spreadsheets?
    • Spreadsheets become a rats nest as users customize them more.
      • The better they get for you, the worse they get for everyone else.
      • More inscrutable.
    • Software didn't do that before because it was too expensive to create software so it couldn't change for others.
    • But in a world of infinite software, it's now possible.
    • Imagine tech support if everyone has their own bespoke app.
      • Terrifying!
    • If software bends its will to individual users, it becomes more like prescription glasses, you can't put them on from someone else.
    • By default infinite software will lead to rat's nests: convex.
    • But if you can flip it to concave, where they build on each other as building blocks, it would be insanely powerful.

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