{"id":3144,"date":"2015-12-26T05:16:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T10:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2015-12-26T05:16:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-26T10:16:54","slug":"software-misfocus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/12\/26\/software-misfocus","title":{"rendered":"Software misfocus"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><em>It looks like the result of a company that is focused on adding features, not focused on creating something well-designed.<\/em> &#8211; John Gruber<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He was <a href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2015\/10\/05\/evernote-trouble\">referring<\/a> to Evernote. We talk regularly about feature creep, don\u2019t we? 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