When building a platform, how many degrees of freedom you give to userland content is a critical strategic question.

· Bits and Bobs 6/8/26
  • When building a platform, how many degrees of freedom you give to userland content is a critical strategic question.
    • Everything you make customizable in userland is configuration space you've boxed yourself out of.
    • In the future, it's way harder to do platform-level features in those dimensions.
    • You either can't do it, or have to do really complex compatibility modes.