> The case against complex UI hides the fact that nobody wants to take their time to learn a piece of software anymore. Attention spans are so short, if the system doesn't do all the thinking for you, why bother with it? We are just moving the human laziness through another layer of indirection. The fact never changed in the past 30 years: some domains are complicated and you need smart people on both ends who can bridge the gaps. The dream has always been the same with nocode, lowcode and whatever, it doesn't change this fundamental flaw.

This has nothing to do with laziness or attention span. 20 years ago you'd have maybe a dozen programs tops to juggle and they were much better designed, because they were made by people who actually use the software instead of some bored designer at FAANG sweatshop who operates on metrics. Now you have 3-5 chat clients, 20 different web UIs for everything on 3 different OSs, all with different shortcuts. And on top of that it CONSTANTLY changes (looking at you Android and material 3).

5 things deserve knowing in-depth: browser (not a specific website, but browser itself), text editor, Spreadsheet application, terminal and whatever else software you use to put a bread on your table.

For any VCs that seriously think I'll invest non-trivial amount of time into learning their unique™ software – you're delusional. Provide shortcuts that resemble browser/vim/emacs/vscode and don't waste yours and my time.