Competing software aesthetics within the "open source" umbrella:
- lean, mean, a joy to use. the dream.
- hosted on sourceforge, hasn't updated in 11 years, except to upgrade Boost every few months.
- "customizability", ie preferences screen a giant hell-salad of every conceivable option.
- zero documentation. codebase totally uncommented. are you cool enough to use this? no.
- completely bespoke UI system that manages to work OK even if it sticks out on your desktop and kinda breaks ur brain.

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@jplebreton okay but that last one also shows up in commercial software if it's for sufficiently esoteric things

PLC simulation is in a really sorry state

and many EDA suites are obnoxious
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@jplebreton (we might be a little frustrated with the state of things)
-F

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