Projects with bigger problems
Projects with bigger problems
Posted Apr 30, 2026 17:54 UTC (Thu) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)In reply to: Projects with bigger problems by pizza
Parent article: Dependency-cooldown discussions warm up
I meant no one looking for software is going to think "Oh, I can choose between 50 'generic' options for this, I'm spoiled with choice, this is great! Lucky me".
Software being all fixed costs and network effects, when you see 50 different options you immediately know that at least 47 are garbage if not more. Once you have 3 viable left, you are still depressed because now you need even more time to evaluate the 3 left, as you know dependencies are really hard to change and picking up one is pretty long-term commitment.
This is pretty much the opposite of buying "generic" stuff on Temu.
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