Why Does Software Spoil?
From Why Does Software Spoil by Jeff Atwood
I love the prospect of upgrading my favorite software. Done right, it's like watching a caterpillar shed its skin and become a beautiful butterfly. Or at least a decent-looking moth.
But for some software packages, something goes terribly, horribly wrong during the process of natural upgrade evolution. Instead of becoming better applications over time, they become worse. They end up more bloated, more slow, more complex, more painful to use.
Jeff asks, "Is all software destined to spoil over time?"
Are you spoiling your software?
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