Rasmus Andersson's 'software should feel like home, not a hotel' take sparks debate
round · x · 2026-11-10
- Instapaper founder Rasmus Andersson argued most software is like a hotel experience (immutable, designed for the average customer), while he wants software to feel like home — changeable to his liking. Kevin Wong pushed back that personal software deserves this but team software needs shared primitives to align expectations.
- ddemaree stressed this is not a mainstream POV for software or any product, and that the home-vs-hotel comparison says a lot about the kind of person who wants AI to build perfectly tailored personal apps. A snapshot of the debate over AI-personal-software visions.
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