the-enternal-mainframe

The Eternal Mainframe, Rudolf Winestock (Via I Started Programming When I Was 7. I’m 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed Lobsters)

By extending the capabilities of computers to their technological and logical limits, we get computers controlling mundane gadgets and doing major calculations. Good user experience demands that the computer interface should get out of the way, that it be invisible. Thus, it makes sense to present only as much computing power as the user needs.