> Small changes in context (people/places/features you want to support) often radically change how well a program fits its context. Our dominant milieu of short-termism doesn't prepare us for this fact.

I'm wondering what would work better? Writing a small program from scratch, using a rich ecosystem of libraries, seems like one way to go. AI help makes that easier.

Another approach, more common with popular apps that have more to lose, is to evolve in place.