We’re limited by the limits of our invention though. We can’t set the parameters and features to whatever we want, or we’d set them to “infinitely powerful” and “infinitely simple” - it doesn’t work like that however.

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kazinator 2 days ago | parent [-]

Those parameters of the invention that limit people from just doing away with boilerplate are ones they won't change, not can't.

	▲	jama211 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Well, depending on the value proposition, or the required goals, that’s not necessarily true. There are pros and cons to different approaches, and pretending there aren’t downsides to such a switch is problematic.