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Most commercial software is a compromise: companies add features to chase growth, bloating apps until they hurt more than they help.
Thomas argues that features get added to every app over time, making them bloated and generic, because companies need to grow — and these apps often get in the way of what users actually need. ✦ AI generated
Thomas Paul Mann · Platformer · 2026-07-22 · original ↗
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“I think your launch line for Glaze was that most software is a compromise. Give us an example or two of that.”
What we've seen in software over the years is that new features get added to every app, everything gets bloated, everything gets more and more generic, because companies need to grow and attract new people. What started as a little tool suddenly becomes this glorious massive app that wants to do everything — but the actual people using it have very dedicated things they want to do, and quite frankly, sometimes those apps get more in the way than they actually help.
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