Comment by absoluteunit1

You described my observation of many products today extremely well!

One interesting care study is Posthog (I felt like it was a labyrinth; using your analogy) - primarily build in an age of LLMs, with a large investment and a large team behind it - it reached this stage:

> one player in a space gets huge, keeps adding features, loses sight of what makes them a good market fit

My first experience using their product (they had a generous free year for new startups) felt like exactly what the author describes. A collection of features.

I think it's just really hard to "not build a feature" and keep a product focused. Whether you're solo or a large team