I remember how in the days way before the Web, it seemed that companies of various sizes that wanted to "computerize" their operations either built their own homebrew systems from scratch with in-house programmers or consultants, or they bought packaged software systems (MRP for manufacturers, or a distribution package for wholesalers, retail package for brick and mortar, etc.), usually with options to customize.

But none of those systems were ready to support users on the Web, and suddenly lots of new client-server technology (and security) had to be implemented, often by programmers who never created those kinds of systems before. I think the result is often the kind of low quality software and projects the reddit article describes.

I'm somewhat surprised that "turnkey" packages for manufacturers/distributors/retailers haven't become more prevalent and dominating, like they seemed to be in the old days.