#featurebloat

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-01

Ah yes, *another* tech solution nobody asked for: "Ovld – Now You Too Can Experience the Joy of Overcomplexifying Function Calls!" πŸ™„ Because what Python *really* needed was more feature-bloat under the guise of 'efficiency' πŸš€.
github.com/breuleux/ovld

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-03-14

Ah, the classic tale of Amazon S3 πŸ₯±β€”it started simple, but surprise, surprise, it got complicated the more they tinkered with it. πŸŽ©πŸ’‘ Who knew that adding features and fixing bugs could result in complexity? Thank goodness we have a 3851-word treatise to enlighten us on this groundbreaking revelation. πŸ€―πŸ“š
allthingsdistributed.com/2025/

2024-06-07

#featurebloat at #Telegram in full swing for some time. This here though may be the start of process to #enshittification

screenshot of Telegram "Telegram Stars" feature announcement
Jan :rust: :ferris:janriemer@floss.social
2024-03-29

Implicit index access in C# 13

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotn

Wait...what!? What is this even doing and what is it for?

Urgh... I think I have to stop looking at new language features for some time...

#CSharp #FeatureBloat

Kat the LeopardessCatwoman69y2k@meow.social
2023-08-25

Looks like I now got the "Influencer update" from Telegram. I can scroll down my list and the Stories Bar will compact but... can I actually get rid of the Stories Bar altogether?

Stories is just not a feature I will use. Not my thing.

#Telegram #FeatureBloat

Screen capture of the main screen when looking at the Telegram app. There is a section at the top with Telegram Stories, with two circle thumbnails inside, representing "My Story" and "Telegram" s introductory story. 

Two chat channels can be seen in the main list below l, although they are blacked out for decency's sake.
Carol Romerocarol@floss.social
2023-03-26

Asserting β€œas a user, I want to fill out the form” fools the team into thinking that the user will give the product something for nothing. The cost is hidden because the user is defined as someone who wants to fill out forms, even if no such person actually exists.

With a user story like that, every ticket becomes self-justifying. Features multiply, complexity rises.

#ProductDesign #FeatureBloat
uxdesign.cc/as-a-user-i-dont-w

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