A platform promises to do many things and asks you to commit to its way of doing them. A tool does one thing and asks very little. We build tools, and the distinction is deliberate.
Platforms create dependency by design — more features, more configuration, more reasons to keep paying. That can suit the vendor more than the client. A focused tool, by contrast, earns its place by solving the problem and then getting out of the way.
This restraint keeps the work honest. We are not trying to maximize surface area or lock you into a roadmap. We are trying to solve a specific problem well enough that the tool quietly does its job for years.
If a problem genuinely needs a platform, we'll say so — and it's probably not the kind of work we take on. Most problems don't. Most problems need one well-made tool.
—How Skynarc thinks about restraint.