The trap of tech that's great in the small but not in the large

14 bifftastic 1 8/17/2025, 6:44:17 AM surfingcomplexity.blog ↗

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ebiester · 2h ago
It is part of why I think there's a future in tools that adjust with you. I've always thought about a tool like Microsoft Access or retool that will only handle simple cases. Then, it will allow ejecting into an app that uses industry standard tools with prebuilt tests. It's effectively a generator.

The goal would be internal tools. It could even start with a spreadsheet view that can "eject" to a simple app as things get more complex.

The same can be spoken about with any of the above technologies. If we can build limited small tools that can generate larger tools, we can solve many of these problems.