Comment by bakugo
16 days ago
As an engineer, it's easy to look at every problem and think to yourself: "There is a perfect solution for this, we just haven't found it yet."
Yet, as the years go by, I find myself accepting a less idealistic answer: Maybe there isn't. Maybe the problem space is just so complex that no one (humanly feasible) general solution exists for all forms of it. If there's one thing that this is true for, UI is probably it.
Years are a pretty short time frame as it relates to technology, though. Even for software.
The solution might be well out of grasp now, but think 10, 20, 100 years from now. Somebody smart with a new perspective will eventually come around and tear out the roots, and we'll all be better for it. Perhaps what's holding us back isn't the problem itself, but the way we approach it and the assumptions we bring.
Trying is at least worth the effort, especially since "better" is very achievable, rather than total perfection.