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In 2011, Robin Sloan wrote “Blessed Are the Toolmakers.” It’s a (light) rejection of the urge to make general-purpose software and platforms in favor of something smaller yet more productive.

“I wish more people were making tools for a specific creative purpose rather than for general consumer adoption. I wish more people were making tools that very intentionally do not scaleโ€”tools with users by the dozen. Tools you experience not through a web signup form, but through pathbreaking creative work.

“I guess I want fewer aspirational Apples and more Pixar wannabes.”

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