> But, harsh as it may be: most software is still just a glorified spreadsheet.

Think the author means most back-end software is a glorified spreadsheet (CRUD app with a few sorting algorithms).

The last 10-20 years in software has been more about new device interfaces, improving UI/UX, and networking technologies. I think of things like streaming, 3D games, live chat, video content, mobile apps, and LLMs.

Anyone who thinks about software like that would not instill confidence in me that they make very good software.

> You can watch sensible people argue for an hour over a button because, somewhere deep inside the conversation, the button has become connected to a future pile of money.

> It means understanding that not every problem is existential, not every idea belongs on the roadmap, and not every abstraction deserves to exist.

> waste away in Margaritaville tinkering with shit that doesn't need tinkering with.

I don't really understand what each paragraph has to do with each other, or why this message is being shared with me today.

I don't even mind that style of writing, but it should be more specific and interesting if it's going to be stream of consciousness style like that (IMO). To do all that, and deliver just vague half-points and boring assertions, felt like I was just waiting for some kind of punchline or point to be made that I could nod my head at but no thought was stuck with long enough.

The conclusion was like they tried to come up with anything just to turn the essay in on time.