We need an update of Parkinson's law:

Software expands to occupy all hardware available. If you throw more hardware at the problem, you get bloated software.

It happens everywhere. Powerful clients led to bloated web apps. Huge data centers led to "micro service and devops" bloat. How many layers of software do I need to run code that actually handles business logic? 'Everything-as-code' sounds great when your tool box is knowing how to write code.

95% of the actual, real world problems could be solved by spreadsheets and email. But when you pump productivity gains into capital returns and keep people working the same hours as a century before, busywork goes through the roof.

Bloat everywhere.