WebberLog

On his blog, Steven Talcott Smith writes about when Non-programmers write Software. He cites some stories of people creating software to help them do their jobs, some because it seems cheaper to do so, others because there’s just no software around that gives them the functionality they need.

I think all of us programmers have seen this before; in my own circle of friends I know of atleast one non-programmer who’s writing his own document-filing-system. The reason for doing it himself; he has simple needs and no available system can supply him with what he needs for a descent amount of money.

Now I wonder, shouldn’t us “real” programmers fill these kind of gaps by building cheaper, more accessible software?