Because it's nice to code in. Not everything needs to scale or be fast.
Personally I think it is more crazy that you would optimize 99% of the time just to need it for 1% of the time.
Personally I think it is more crazy that you would optimize 99% of the time just to need it for 1% of the time.
The amount of complexity you can code up in a short time, that most everyone can contribute to, is incredible.