I often use Quip for writing documents and I've started using Google Slides for presentations. They have fewer features than competing tools, but I like them.
They have what I need, without being overwhelming. Maybe it takes a paradigm shift (e.g. desktop->web) to drop features.
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In praise of Tcl, and reflecting on syntax features for a good command shell: https://yosefk.com/blog/i-cant-believe-im-praising-tcl.html
Caddy is really growing on me. It's nice having a web proxy that includes letsencrypt functionality without any additional configuration.
I've tended to use nginx with a separate letsencrypt setup for projects before, and it's much more awkward.
I've heard of 'blub languages', where you don't realise that other languages have better abstractions until you've experienced them.
I think the same thing happens with individual features. I've seen several C++ folks miss variadic generics in Rust, but I've not written enough C++ to feel it.