Comment by MORPHOICES
10 hours ago
What I've been pondering is the nature of what makes the user interface of some software "industrial" versus "complicated." ~
“The difference I return to again and again isn’t tech depth. It’s constraints.”
"Rough framework I’m using lately:"
Consumer software aims at maximizing joy.
“Enterprise software is all about coordination.”
"Industrial software operates in a environment of the real-world "mess", yet its
"Industrial stuff appears to be more concerned with:
a.
failure modes
long-term maintenance
predictable behavior vs cleverness
But as soon as software is involved with physical processes, the tolerance for ambiguity narrows quickly.
Curious how others see it:
What’s your mental line between enterprise and industrial? What constraints have affected your designing? “Nice abstractions.” Any instances where these failed the test of reality?
The article isn't talking talking about "industrial" in relation to user interfaces. It isn't talking about user interfaces at all.
Your consumer/enterprise/industrial framework is orthogonal to the articles focus: how AI is massively reducing the cost of software.