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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday May 17, 2020 @08:02PM (#23216735)
Yeah, software seems to frequently follow Parkinson's Law:

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.[1]

Corollary: software expands to fill the available resources.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by andai on Sunday May 17, 2020 @11:53PM (#23218147)
See also: Wirth's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law

from A Plea for Lean Software (1995) https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf

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Re:Ask HN: Is there still a place for native desktop apps? by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday May 17, 2020 @11:59PM (#23218180)
Neat. I wasn't aware of that one.
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