The hardest part of building software isn't adding features, it's having the discipline to leave something alone when it works. There's a real gravitational pull toward "just one more thing" because every feature request feels like a missed opportunity.

But I've noticed the products I actually keep coming back to are the ones that feel opinionated. They decided what they were and stuck with it. The ones that try to be everything usually end up being mediocre at all of it.

The WoW comparison in this thread is apt. The early expansions had clear identities. The later ones kept bolting on systems until playing felt like managing a spreadsheet.