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“Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski#Zawinski's_Law


I thought this law was just a joke, but after Manny years of development, I'm finding out it's very real.

It's also increasingly painful to make happen in today's email ecosystem.


That explains why Google puts messaging in everything.

    Did you get the Google Doc's message I sent you?
    Oh yeah, I replied in Google Pay.




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